Real Madrid About to Make the Deal of the Year, Florentino Will Pay €60 Million for Him

One of the major debates Real Madrid faces for the summer transfer market is in the midfield. Toni Kroos's retirement has left the Madrid midfield 'orphaned,' depriving it of a playmaking pivot deemed essential in all of Carlo Ancelotti's tactical plans. Therefore, the executives led by Florentino Pérez are already working on finding the ideal footballer.

The absence of the former German '8' has led the scouts led by Juni Calafat to focus on the search for creative midfielders with a defensive profile, similar to Kroos himself. The footballer who best fits that profile is in LaLiga and has crossed paths with the white team several times this season: Martín Zubimendi.

The '4' txuri-urdin, despite the fervent interest he arouses in the Premier League in Liverpool and Arsenal, remains the number one to replace Toni Kroos in the midfield. After several weeks away from that perspective, the Basque footballer would have approached Real Madrid again according to information published these days by Cadena COPE.

The episcopal broadcaster, through its journalist Marco Antonio Sande, warns that "the operation accelerates with the end of the season". According to this reporter, "to break Martín's ties with Real Sociedad, an offer that is irresistible both in sports and obviously in economic terms must come. But he places a lot of emphasis on the sports aspect", Sande points out.

Everything in Favor of His Arrival

The COPE journalist points out that in Real Madrid's offer "all these arguments come together" that could take Martín Zubimendi out of the Reale Arena locker room. "Here, the only club, I get the feeling, that is capable of convincing Martín Zubimendi to leave Real Sociedad this season is Real Madrid", he concludes.

Thus, the entity presided over by Florentino Pérez would be preparing to carry out the signing of Martín Zubimendi during the summer of 2025. Despite the competition from Liverpool and Arsenal, Cadena COPE places the white club as the first and most important candidate when it comes to defining the future of the '4' txuri-urdin. The conditions for signing the Spanish pivot, a very important factor, would have convinced the offices at Valdebebas.

Because the '4' of Real Sociedad currently has a release clause valued at 60M euros. That amount, some pointed out, could seem excessive for the standards of the current recruitment policy managed at the white club. Despite everything, the white sports management understands that there would be many more advantages, especially immediate ones, than disadvantages to his signing.

Real Madrid would not only incorporate one of the best players in LaLiga, but also add young talent to Santiago Bernabéu locker room. At the same time, it would take a significant step forward in one of its most recent objectives: to regain lost ground in the Spanish national team last summer transfer markets.