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Real Madrid Wants Revenge for Leny Yoro, He is the Chosen One and Florentino Makes a Move

The Real Madrid sports management is still looking for a transfer to expand its roster of central defenders

Real Madrid have a really complicatedtransfer market ahead of them in 2025. The summer window will be really hectic in the offices of Valdebebas, with several pending transfers and a much greater urgency than planned at the beginning of the current soccer season.

Injuries and a shortage of players in the center of defense have sparked an intense debate about which players should arrive at Santiago Bernabéu locker room. Carlo Ancelotti has been asking for some time for a transfer that was planned in the name of Leny Yoro .

Two soccer players compete for the ball during a match.
Lisandro Martinez in a match with Manchester United | Real Madrid Confidencial

But the doubts caused by Real Madrid's financial proposal made Manchester United double down and get the 'yes' from the very young French defender last summer. The offices of Valdebebas didn't replace that transfer with any other ... creating the current 'chaos' in the first team.

In order to avoid a similar situation in the future , the Real Madrid executives have set their sights on several center-backs on the market. The most sought-after profile is that of a footballer capable of providing longevity and quality in equal parts , qualities that footballers such as Jorrel Hato or Castello Lukeba would easily possess.

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But information from Turkish journalist Ekrem Konur has revealed a new target for surveillance at Real Madrid... precisely located at Manchester United . This 'revenge' planned by the Merengue leadership would've the Argentine defender Lisandro Martínez in its sights.

The Red Devils ' '6' is now one of the most important defenders for Ruben Amorim , so it doesn't seem that Old Trafford are willing to let him go. Konur himself has already revealed the plans of the English squad: they don't intend to get rid of him in the next summers.

Two soccer players hug each other on the field after a match.
Raúl Asencio and Antonio Rüdiger in a match with Real Madrid | Real Madrid Confidencial

With the interest in Lisandro Martínez as a new addition to the list of potential players for the club, the debate over the center-backs is intensifying in the sporting management of the club. While it is true that a strong investment is necessary in one of the areas most 'punished' by injuries, some restrictions still apply.

Because the executives led by Florentino Pérez don't seem willing to spend more than 50 million euros to complete one of the areas of the first team that is most depleted. Only Antonio Rüdiger and Raúl Asencio are natural center-backs for the coming years: Jesús Vallejo will leave as a free agent at the end of the 24/25 campaign.

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