Chelsea Gives the OK and Real Madrid Considers It: Player Swap in Summer

One of Real Madrid's pending signings for the next season is in the midfield. The Merengue bosses haven't stopped looking for a replacement for a retired Toni Kroos, whose farewell to professional soccer has clearly affected the first team much more than expected. To prevent the current playing crisis from extending beyond this season, the goal is to secure the signing of a creative midfielder with a defensive profile.

The big name currently being considered in the Valdebebas offices is none other than Martín Zubimendi. The '4' of Real Sociedad, partly due to his Spanish nationality, is the main candidate to fill the position left by Toni Kroos last summer. But over time, other options have emerged that present strong competition to the txuri-urdin midfielder.

The latest to arrive in the Madrid orbit would come from the Premier League. Real Madrid's interest in Enzo Fernández has been reignited, after several seasons somewhat removed from medium and long-term plans, due to the absence of Toni Kroos. His current season at Chelsea hasn't been characterized by the consistency many blue fans expected, although he is now a key starter for Enzo Maresca.

Regardless, transfer market rumors insist on linking Enzo Fernández with Real Madrid. The latest reports speak of a possible move by the Merengue leadership for the Argentine midfielder, anticipation reinforced by comments recently made by "Four Four Two". According to this website, Chelsea would have replied to the Whites' interest in Enzo Fernández.

We'll See

From the noble area of Stamford Bridge, it has been made clear that Enzo Fernández can leave the London team. But it will be a very costly operation for the Madrid treasury, unless the executives led by Florentino Pérez are willing to make a player swap this very summer. "Four Four Two" indicates that Aurélien Tchouaméni would be the blue demand to greenlight the player exchange.

The arrival of the current '14' of the Whites would occur "as part of a swap deal", an operation that Real Madrid still needs to ponder carefully. Not only because there are still two months until the opening of this summer's transfer market, but also because of Tchouaméni's role in the current sports project.

The Rouen midfielder is one of the 'favorites' and untouchables in Carlo Ancelotti's gala starting eleven, regardless of whether he has to play as a pivot or as a central defender. Moreover, he is registering good dynamics after forgettable performances in the worst part of the season, and letting him go would raise some eyebrows in more than one sector of the Whites' club.

That's why it's necessary to reflect cautiously on this swap proposed from the English capital. Real Madrid is exposed to an operation that would make them lose one of the few certainties they have in the pivot position, although they would gain a much more complete profile. Everything now depends on the roadmap being managed in the Valdebebas offices regarding the future of the first team's midfield.