Marca newspaper reported the latest developments regarding Real Madrid’s contracting of a new central defender during the upcoming winter transfer period.
The royal club is facing a shortage in numbers in this position after Eder Militao suffered a cruciate ligament tear and David Alaba’s delayed return from his injury, making Antonio Rudiger the only option available to coach Carlo Ancelotti.
It was said after Militao’s injury that the Merengues would enter the winter market to support the central defender with at least one player, and since then many names have already been put forward.
According to Marca, Sergio Ramos has contacted Real Madrid more than once and offered his services, especially since he will not cost the club’s coffers anything, but the response from the management was clear that he is completely out of the calculations.
As for Aymeric Laporte, Real Madrid’s management values him very much and sees him as an ideal option from a sporting perspective, but from an economic perspective it is impossible to include him in light of Al-Nasr’s insistence on at least 30 million euros to accept his sale.
Jonathan Tah’s name was offered to Real Madrid officials, and he is a highly regarded option if he is signed for free next summer when his contract at Bayer Leverkusen expires, but now he is also out of the calculations.
There are two names left, Mario Hermoso and Mario Gila.
The first is suffering from an injury and there are doubts about him, while the other is difficult to sign because there is no buy-back clause in his contract with Lazio.
Given the data, things are getting more difficult, and perhaps in the end Real will be inclined not to sign a new central defender in order not to waste their financial resources on a deal that does not seem to be of long-term benefit.
