Huijsen confirms his decision to Chelsea and seals his signing for Real Madrid

Real Madrid seems to have taken on the goal of considerably expanding their defense during the summer 2025 transfer market. The first addition planned in this regard is the signing of Trent Alexander-Arnold, whose arrival before the Club World Cup is pending the payment of a symbolic amount to Liverpool.

Apart from the hypothetical arrival of the English right-back to Santiago Bernabéu locker room. From the Valdebebas offices, they are aware of the serious difficulties currently facing the Madrid defense. That's why they have decided to bring in one of the few players who can reverse this negative trend as soon as possible: Dean Huijsen.

But Real Madrid is not the only offeror currently circling the young Spanish center-back. In the Premier League, they are well aware of everything the AFC Bournemouth defender can offer, so it is not surprising that several English clubs have taken positions to sign him. The latest to do so, Chelsea, takes a curious advantage in the 'race' against Real Madrid that Huijsen himself would have eliminated.

According to information published by the newspaper As, the bosses led by Todd Boehly have approached the '2' cherry with a contract proposal offering a really high salary. Despite this circumstance, which usually works in most cases, the response from the Spanish center-back's camp has been very clear: he only wants to sign for Real Madrid.

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With this message, the rest of the clubs aspiring to secure Dean Huijsen's football services know they have it very difficult. At least as long as Real Madrid continues to show their deep interest in adding center-backs to the first team... and considers Dean Huijsen as one of the most suitable candidates to take on this responsibility in the white team.

The increase in Chelsea's salary proposal, compared to a hypothetical approach devised by Real Madrid, has made Dean Huijsen's priorities more than clear. The footballer is not willing to risk the possibility of signing for the merengue entity... even if it means giving up a salary that other footballers would accept right away.

That gesture has not gone unnoticed in the Valdebebas offices. The executives led by Florentino Pérez receive good news in conversations with Dean Huijsen's camp, but now the most complicated part of the transfer remains: reducing the release clause. The white sports management considers that those 60 million euros are too high an amount, at least for now, for a player as young as Dean Huijsen.

Given the merengue need to add center-backs to their squad and Huijsen's strong willingness to wear the white jersey, Real Madrid must solve it as soon as possible. If they do not, they risk seeing the 'Yoro case' repeated, which occurred last summer... losing yet another option to strengthen their weakened defensive line.