Real Madrid transfer plans, Mourinho stance and Chelsea’s Guler bid
Real Sociedad target Gonzalo García, with Real Madrid open to offers after the 22-year-old spent the season behind Kylian Mbappé.
Madrid extend Emirates shirt sponsorship to 2031, worth close to €100m per year, covering men, women, basketball and youth teams, in La Liga’s longest-running shirt deal.
Javier Tebas hails Enrique Riquelme’s 35% in Real Madrid’s election, urges reflection, and welcomes José Mourinho’s return as ‘exciting’ for La Liga.
Chelsea await Real Madrid’s bid for Enzo Fernandez, valued at around €140m, as Florentino Perez eyes a marquee signing. Interest also noted in Bernardo Silva, raising a potential overlap of profiles.
Florentino Perez vows a €150m bid for a non-Premier League target, ‘not Olise’. Names like Vitinha, Joao Neves and Julian Alvarez surface as Europe await Madrid’s historic move.
Despite a trophyless year across Super Cup, Copa del Rey, EuroLeague and Liga ACB, Sergio Scariolo will remain Real Madrid coach, backed by Florentino Pérez’s re-election.
Jose Mourinho targets a defensive left-back, with Riccardo Calafiori said to be closer to Real Madrid than Josko Gvardiol. Dumfries and Konate are also lined up as defensive reinforcements.
Dani Ceballos, once Ajax-bound, now plans to stay and fight for minutes under Jose Mourinho. Contract runs to 2027, with long-term dream of returning to Real Betis noted.
Chelsea plan a £100m bid for Real Madrid’s Arda Guler, seen as a priority for Xabi Alonso’s first season at Stamford Bridge.
Inter’s Denzel Dumfries, signed by Madrid for €20m per Perez, fuels talk by thanking youth club after they said he ‘has signed for Real Madrid’, hinting an imminent announcement.
Madrid drop Rodri from priority list as plans shift under Jose Mourinho. Man City work on his extension, and Los Blancos prefer younger midfield profiles for the rebuild.
Pepe, 43, is close to joining José Mourinho’s technical staff at Real Madrid after retiring in 2024, per reports in Spain.
Jose Mourinho wants Aurélien Tchouaméni to stay at Real Madrid despite Manchester United links, after reports of dressing-room tension with Federico Valverde late last season.
Following rumours Pérez’s €150m target is Julián Alvarez, his agent says: ‘We have no information on the matter and no one has contacted us about it.’
