Enrique Sanz Real Madrid's Rodri is heading to Germany, Xabi gives the OK for his move to the Bundesliga
The young footballer doesn't have a place in the first team and is leaving very soon
Real Madrid's usual activity in the summer transfer market continues. Although the first team's dynamics have been altered by the Club World Cup taking place in the middle of summer, the same hasn't happened with other areas of the squad. This is especially true for matters related to the youth categories.
As in every summer, the Merengue bosses are carrying out the "exodus" of talent from La Fábrica. The most advanced pupils from Real Madrid Castilla, those who don't have a place in the first team, are progressively leaving the white squad to start their footballing adventures on their own.
One of those players who is getting closer to leaving the Merengue sports discipline is Chema Andrés. The promising defensive midfielder established himself as one of the reference pupils in Álvaro Arbeloa's Juvenil A over the past seasons. Thanks to those sporting merits, he received a promotion to Real Madrid Castilla for the 24/25 season.
His experience in the first white reserve team didn't go unnoticed by Carlo Ancelotti. The Reggiolo coach decided to include him in several Copa del Rey matches. He even made his debut with the first team in a match against Las Palmas, sporting achievements that haven't been enough to secure him a permanent spot in the white first team for the 25/26 season.
Another transfer just like it
While it's true that Xabi Alonso decided to include him in the squad sent to participate in the Club World Cup, the youth player barely had any involvement in this tournament. That's why his future is increasingly distant from Real Madrid, a situation revealed after offers were received from several Bundesliga clubs.
In the German league, they seem to have paid close attention to Chema Andrés's progress, whose profile is very close to what the first team is currently looking for in the market. However, the lack of minutes and a consolidated trajectory in the first team have prevented Real Madrid from relying on him to solve this tactical dilemma.
In any case, Chema Andrés is very close to leaving for the Bundesliga. According to what we have confirmed at Defensa Central, it's very likely that the white bosses will repeat a formula that has worked excellently for them so far. Chema Andrés would leave on a permanent transfer, but the white club would retain up to 50% of his transfer rights.
Likewise, the executives led by Florentino Pérez could include a buy-back clause for the defensive midfielder. Not only to keep track of his progress in Germany: Chema Andrés could be a plausible option for the midfield saga... as long as a solution isn't found in the next two summers for Xabi Alonso's request for a holding midfielder.
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