Real Madrid Can Sign $65 Million Defender For Free Or At Cut Rate, Reports MARCA
Real Madrid might be able to get transfer target Leny Yoro for free a year from now, or pick him up at a cut rate this summer from Lille, according to MARCA.
Real Madrid might be able to get transfer target Leny Yoro for free a year from now, or pick him up at a cut rate this summer from Lille, according to MARCA.
The Spanish publication reported on Monday how Madrid's search for a central defender had led them to the 18-year-old.
Head coach Carlo Ancelotti has recently had to bat back suggestions he should have pushed for reinforcements in the January transfer window considering serious ACL injuries to Eder Militao and David Alaba this term.
A less serious knock left Los Blancos without Antonio Rudiger, who is in the form of his life while having become a goalscoring threat, for the Madrid derby last Sunday.
The lack of height this development brought about was telling in the end. Brahim Diaz put the home side 1-0 up in the Bernabeu only for ex-Real Madrid youth academy product Marcos Llorente to equalize with a header in full time.
Though the window is now shut, Madrid is looking to shore up the back like for the 2024/2025 season.
Questions have reportedly been asked about the availability of Yoro, and a $64.5 million (€60 million) price tag put off a Madrid outfit which has to work out how it will pay Kylian Mbappe's wages reported as $90 million on-field in Forbes' last edition of the World's Highest-Paid Soccer Players.
Some relief has been provided with this dilemma, though, which increases the likelihood of Yoro landing on Spanish soil in the near future.
The youngster becomes a free agent on June 30, 2025, meaning Madrid could hold out for another 15 months or so and snap him up for nothing as they appear to be on the verge of doing with Mbappe.
At the same time, however, Yoro reportedly won't renew terms with Lille which would otherwise give them strength at the negotiation table to point to the $65 million fee.
In these circumstances, the ball is in Madrid's court, and they could offer Lille a reduced sum so that the Ligue 1 outfit at least makes some money on a player who has been with them since 12 years of age.