Raúl Asencio's Renewal With Real Madrid Is Already Done, but There's a Catch

One of the sagas that Real Madrid has yet to solve is in the defensive line of the first team. Besides being on the lookout for the ideal footballers to bring into Santiago Bernabéu locker room, it also seems essential to decide the fate of several players already in the first team.

Raúl Asencio is the name everyone has been talking about for several weeks, especially when Luis de la Fuente called him up to join the Spanish national team in March. While it is true that he didn't play any minutes during this international break, it is a big step in his competitive career... considering that he started the current soccer season at Real Madrid Castilla.

Precisely because of his "origins," Raúl Asencio's renewal is not like other negotiations that Real Madrid has undertaken or will undertake for the next season. If a player from Real Madrid Castilla is promoted to the first team, his contract changes radically to ensure his continuity in that discipline.

In this context, Raúl Asencio's contract would have been automatically renewed for a period of four years, extending his stay at Real Madrid until 2029. Despite this provision, everything indicates that the footballer and his entourage will meet with the club's leaders to have a "real" negotiation about that automatic renewal.

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Such conversations will determine the salary Raúl Asencio may receive. Because the footballer would be earning, according to various sources, around one million euros during the current season... by virtue of his new status as a first-team player.

That salary could be slightly modified during the negotiations following his automatic renewal. The final amount of his fees would depend exclusively on the agreement reached by Real Madrid and the footballer's entourage in future negotiations planned for the summer of 2025.

In this context, Real Madrid continues to look to the future of a footballer who has emerged as one of the positive surprises so far this season. The player from La Fábrica has shown he has the level, at 21 years old, to face the best forwards in Europe... and come out completely victorious.

The final stretch of the 24/25 campaign will be the most important test for Raúl Asencio. Especially the double match against Mikel Arteta's Arsenal, a tie that would leave Real Madrid just one step away from the much-desired Munich final in May.