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Real Madrid's favorite signing for the Club World Cup, complete turnaround in his future

The Merengue bosses change the roadmap for the summer 2025 market

The central defender dilemma has become a much more serious situation than it seems. The white team has suffered a significant shortage of personnel in the defensive line that has forced Carlo Ancelotti to improvise during certain parts of the season. From the Valdebebas offices, they understand that it is necessary to put an end to this situation and they have decided to immediately bring in a defender.

All doubts seem to have been left behind recorded during the weeks leading up to a decision that Real Madrid has made that changes everything. Because the merengue bosses had certain reservations about signing one of the 'favorite' candidates, hesitation that would have ended according to the information published by Cadena SER.

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Dean Huijsen during a match with AFC Bournemouth this season | Real Madrid Confidencial

This Spanish radio station points out that Real Madrid has intensified its approaches for Dean Huijsen to the point of wanting his signing immediately. The new target of the white club, in addition to signing Trent Alexander-Arnold, is to bring the '2' from AFC Bournemouth to Santiago Bernabéu locker room as soon as possible.

The white sports management would be working from now on and tirelessly to reach an agreement with the cherry bosses, given that the club is eager to complete the operation. Because Cadena SER warns that the white club wants to have Dean Huijsen for the renewed Club World Cup that starts in mid-June next month.

New situation

That means that it has just under a month to reach an agreement with AFC Bournemouth. The only possibility that the merengue team has to bring in Dean Huijsen in time is in the transfer window between June 1 and 10, 2025. Those dates chosen by FIFA, prior to the Club World Cup, will allow the participating teams to strengthen themselves for the competition held in the United States.

Real Madrid takes a step forward to solve the central defender dilemma for the next season with this statement of intent. After some doubts about the timing and the footballer chosen to solve this debate, Real Madrid provides all the solutions... although it will not be an incorporation as easy as it seems, now that the white club is determined to add the Spanish central defender to its squad.

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Dean Huijsen celebrating a goal with AFC Bournemouth | Real Madrid Confidencial

The 60 million euro release clause demanded from the noble area of the Vitality Stadium remains the major obstacle to overcome to complete this transfer immediately. The executives led by Florentino Pérez, however, consider it a price to paytoo high for a player of Dean Huijsen's current profile... and they would be looking for possible methods to lower those financial demands.

For now, they haven't found them, but from the Valdebebas offices, they have already marked Dean Huijsen as one of their priorities for the Club World Cup. This categorization is important and reveals the effective need to add personnel to the battered Madrid defensive line.

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