The Reason Why Huijsen Is Moving Away From Real Madrid: The Leny Yoro Case Repeats

One of the names closely linked to the white club for several months, given the urgent debate that the merengue entity is going through, is the center-back Dean Huijsen. The first team's need to add players to its defensive line has placed AFC Bournemouth's '2' in the spotlight because he fits into the recruitment policy.

Dean Huijsen is a young center-back with some experience in the European soccer elite and a left-footed profile. Additionally, he has Spanish nationality: that 'extra' would allow recovering the lost ground from some time ago in the national team. Although his incorporation brings good feelings, there is a shocking change of trend that returns to the worst moment of the white club in this important competitive dilemma.

The information published by Mario Cortegana about Dean Huijsen indicates that the cherry footballer would move considerably away from a transfer to Santiago Bernabéu locker room this summer. The white club has been in contact with the player's entourage and has received positive signals, but those would be the only good news regarding his signing.

According to the journalist from 'The Athletic', "sources close to the situation say it's hard to see Real Madrid spending 50 million pounds on a 19-year-old". The minimum transfer required by AFC Bournemouth to part with Dean Huijsen in mid-2025 seems high for the economic standards managed in the Valdebebas offices.

Impossible Demand to Accept

In this context, Mario Cortegana points out, "the expectation is that Huijsen will join another Premier League club this summer" as part of his progression in the European elite. This situation is reminiscent of one of the most talked-about failed signings in recent times, also related to the arrival of a center-back: Leny Yoro.

The merengue bosses tried to acquire the then LOSC Lille footballer's card for a price below 35 million euros. That proposal didn't fit the desires of les dogues executives, who demanded around 50 million euros to accept the Madrid approach to their center-back. The transfer in the 'cases' of Leny Yoro and Dean Huijsen is identical.

Just as it happened in the failed incorporation of the French center-back, Real Madrid faces great competition in the Premier League. Leny Yoro ended up going to Manchester United for a transfer of 63 million euros and a salary of 10 million. Real Madrid showed its firm refusal to pay those figures, an opinion that would have been maintained in the 'Huijsen case' a few months later.

Mario Cortegana places Dean Huijsen far from Real Madrid's orbit, warning that the Spanish footballer is increasingly likely to continue his career in the British Isles. Again, what happened in the 'Yoro case' comes to the fore and would mean the loss of two excellent opportunities to expand the white defense... which has suffered a considerable loss of players this season.