Determining Factor that Makes Zubimendi Real Madrid's Primary Target

In the last four months, the roadmap of the Madrid executives for the upcoming summer markets has changed. The development of the 24/25 season has imposed several changes to the club's transfer priorities, placing one of the focuses of action on defense.

However, not only the search for central defenders and a right wing would be important for Madrid's future sports project. Because Toni Kroos's retirement has left a great void in the midfield staff that Carlo Ancelotti hasn't been able to solve. At least for now.

Aware that it's an excessively complicated task, even for the Reggiolo coach, the white coaching staff has decided to turn to the market to solve the dilemma once and for all. The sought-after transfer is a creative midfielder with a defensive profile, an organizing pivot, like Toni Kroos himself. Following the profile of the former German '8', the best available player is Martín Zubimendi.

The transfer of Real Sociedad's '4' has become a constant for more than a month. Transfer market rumors consider him as one of the best prospects available to the club not only because of his similarity to Toni Kroos.

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Because in the Valdebebas offices, they believe that the txuri-urdin player could be Toni Kroos's heir in the merengue midfield. At the same time, he is a Spanish player: that fact is an 'extra' for the white bosses, highly appreciated, which makes him gain points.

Real Madrid made a decision in mid-November: it wants to regain lost ground in the Spanish national team. To do this, the white executives will be on the lookout for any market opportunity... but will pay special attention and care to players like Martín Zubimendi.

Especially if he can offer quality and longevity in equal parts. Meeting the two essential requirements to join Santiago Bernabéu locker room, the San Sebastián player presents himself as a 'must-have' transfer for the 2025 summer market. The conditions of his transfer are also widely known: 60 million euro release clause.

With the situation already set, with few possibilities for change, it only remains for the Madrid executives to discuss the relevance of this addition during the second half of the season. Zubimendi might not be the chosen one if there's an unexpected 'plan B', although such a change would only occur in the case of a genuine soccer sensation of enormous potential.