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It’s a fantastic move for Real Madrid and for Mbappe. Real Madrid already had everything of course, but Mbappe can be very helpful in terms of goals to add as next season will be full of games, new Champions League format, Clubs World Cup…
Mbappe is a fantastic addition, and for him it’s a great move as Real Madrid is a fantastic club.
Sticking with Los Blancos, there’s no update on Trent Alexander-Arnold at the moment. I shared in March that Real Madrid are monitoring the situation and this remains the case, nothing fresh or new so far.
Real Madrid are just attentive to many situations of good players with short contracts, Alexander-Arnold is one of them.
Aston Villa always wanted £40m, they rejected different approaches from Chelsea in June and from West Ham in the recent weeks.
Their request remains clear, at least £40m or the player is not leaving. Let’s see what West Ham decide to do now.
The Hammers have also been linked with Alexander Sorloth but I don’t have concrete updates on that situation.
I can say that Villarreal, when Roma asked for Sorloth recently, always replied: release clause or nothing.
€38m, this is the value of the clause and what Villarreal want for Sorloth.
Barcelona really want to be fast on the Nico Williams deal. They know that Premier League clubs could return for the Spanish winger after the fantastic Euros campaign that he had with Spain.
They know about Chelsea’s interest and they know about Arsenal’s interest, but Barça want to be faster on the player side. This will be the mission for this week.
They will not bid for other players because the full focus of their budget is on Nico Williams. The confidence of the Barça board, Barça manager Hansi Flick and all the people at the club is growing.
Barcelona will make a contract proposal to Nico Williams. They know this is crucial to agree on the salary and all the details of the deal need to have the green light from the player. This is the crucial step.
Barça want to make it happen and then get the green light from La Liga for Financial Fair Play.
They already had more contacts with the agents of the player, and will push in the next days as…
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