The Player Who Impressed Real Madrid Besides Huijsen: Florentino, Alert

Despite the installation of the international break during these two weeks, Real Madrid hasn't registered any downtime in any sense. The footballers not drafted by their national teams have continued training at the Valdebebas Sports City, while the scouts led by Juni Calafat have had more work than usual.

Because the leaders led by Florentino Pérez have several debates to solve ahead of the summer 2025 transfer market. One of these discussions is the incorporation of a center-back to address the shortage of players in that same area of Santiago Bernabéu locker room. The requests that Carlo Ancelotti has made since Nacho Fernández's departure as a free agent would finally have been heard.

To discern which center-back on the list of potential candidates is the best option to add to the current sports project, the leaders led by Florentino Pérez have entrusted their scouts. Organized by Juni Calafat, the white scouts have experienced days of great agitation and activity... especially following the Netherlands-Spain match held at De Kuip.

Not only footballers like Castello Lukeba or William Saliba are on the list of potential candidates for Real Madrid as possible center-backs. The name of Dean Huijsen, a footballer from AFC Bournemouth, has become a constant in recent weeks due to his growing approach to the Madrid entity in multiple interviews.

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The information published by MARCA, however, reveals that Real Madrid's scouts were focused on the Netherlands-Spain match for several reasons. In addition to continuing the monitoring they had already started around Dean Huijsen, Real Madrid would have closely watched Jorrel Hato... a player who was part of the merengue's list of potential candidates not long ago.

But the 'cooling' of the center-back debate caused his distancing from the white orbit. Now that this issue has returned to Real Madrid, with even more strength, the name of the Dutch defender from Ajax Amsterdam reappears and consolidates as another option. The white sports management broadens its horizons for the summer 2025 transfer market.

The white leaders have much to analyze after the Netherlands-Spain match. Jorrel Hato's performance was marked by several aspects that wouldn't be usual in his performance with Ajax nor would they affect his possible arrival at Real Madrid. One of them is playing out of position: he faced Lamine Yamal as a right-back, far from his usual position as a center-back.

Despite this shift from his most comfortable position, Jorrel Hato managed to keep FC Barcelona's '19' under control for almost the entire match. Although it's true that his level slightly dropped during the first and last moments of the match, Jorrel Hato returns to the Valdebebas offices as a possible signing option.