The chess game continues real Madrid against Lille and Bayern Munich for the signing of Lenny Yoro and Alphonso Davies respectively. A game where the white team has the best strategy and almost every chance to win but it aims to be long. As long as the calendar allows, because both French and German teams know that, when both players’ contracts expire in 2025, if they don’t renew, this summer is the last chance to get money for theirs.
But there lies the key to both operations, in money. And while the selling clubs are demanding a price for the transfer, Real Madrid, who have no immediate need to buy, are offering another.
Leny Yoro, simpler
In the specific case of the 17-year-old French central defender, the truth is that Real Madrid is more affordable because the player’s contract is complete and the club, one of the second tier in Europe like Lille, early or later he had to lower his conditions to, at least, get some return for a player who was, after all, almost a youth player and had not yet ‘come into his own’.
At the moment, he is asking for 40 million euros but Real Madrid is only ready to reach 20 and the rest, if applicable, will design a series of clauses and bonuses for the goals. After the departure of Nacho, it is expected that in the coming weeks the two clubs will agree to sign the footballer. So, the situation with Alphonso Davies is similar, where Real Madrid is not ready to pay more than 30 million for a player who, unlike Leny Yoro, is more established among the elite and for whom it is understood that An effort can be made although it will not reach the 50 million demanded by Bayern Munich.
Competitions have slowed down
So, the fact that both Leny Yoro with the Olympic Games he has in less than a month and Alphonso Davies playing in the quarterfinals of the Copa América with Canada in the early hours of Friday to Saturday, stops any kind of progress or at least they postpone them.
A fact that even works in favor of Real Madrid, who plan next season with most positions covered by two players and who deal with these signings more as reinforcements than as needs.
Source: La Verdad
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