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Juni Calafat works overtime to sign Real Madrid's most needed transfer

The head scout is moving forward with the Madrid entity's plan

Real Madrid keeps looking for ways to accommodate its upcoming signings in the first team. The arrival of Xabi Alonso to the home bench at Santiago Bernabéu, replacing Carlo Ancelotti, means that the Tolosa coach leaves multiple signing suggestions to the Merengue bosses. One of those requests would have already been fulfilled with the signing of Dean Huijsen.

But it wouldn't be the only pending transfer in the Valdebebas offices. The search for a creative midfielder seems to be the number one priority for some time now for the white sports management. The information published by Mario Cortegana and Guillermo Rai anticipates that change of mind of the bosses led by Florentino Pérez.

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Luka Modric during a match with Real Madrid | Real Madrid Confidencial

While it is true that Real Madrid would still need to add two more full-backs, one for each side of the defense, the scouts led by Juni Calafat are working tirelessly. The goal is to find the footballer who best fits the specifications left by Xabi Alonso. A player of quality and good touch, valued for his organizational skills with the ball.

The Real Madrid scouting service is focused on finding the footballer who best fits those expectations specified by Xabi Alonso. Not only because of the need to find an effective replacement for Toni Kroos as soon as possible, who retired last summer, whose absence has taken a very costly toll this season.

The debate continues

Also because of the changes coming in Santiago Bernabéu locker room for the next season. Barring a last-minute surprise, the information about Luka Modric's future points to a farewell of the Zadar genius in the last match of the current league season. The imminent departure of the Balkan midfielder, although he will play the Club World Cup with the Merengue jersey, would explain the radical change of priorities in the Valdebebas offices for the summer market.

Juni Calafat, according to journalists from "The Athletic," has several reports on the table detailing the performance of footballers who would fit the profile sought by the sports management. But there are still no approaches in that regard, given that the analysis and decision-making process in the Madrid leadership is always meticulous to avoid mistakes. The experience with previous transfers is definitive.

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Nico Paz during a Como 1907 match this season | Real Madrid Confidencial

Given the situation, Real Madrid has decided to place a midfielder with broad creative skills in the squad led by Xabi Alonso. Juni Calafat's scouts would be exploring the market diligently to find the ideal footballer in that regard, offering options of diverse origins and contract conditions.

The departure within a year of the most important creative footballers of the Merengue team, Toni Kroos and Luka Modric, has prompted an alteration of the roadmap... in which the main parties involved are not wasting time. Xabi Alonso expects the best possible results to start his first campaign as a Madrid coach on a high note.

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