Reporting from AS continues to state that despite the fact that Real Madrid have become known for tempting players to join on lucrative free transfer moves, this is not the only market they are operating in and nor is every player of interest whose contract is set to expire next summer.
Los Blancos have used this method to secure the signings of Mbappe, David Alaba and Antonio Rudiger in recent years, and initially expected to be added to this list was Trent Alexander-Arnold, too, until a €10m ($11.7m) fee was paid in order to secure the former Liverpool man’s signing a month early ahead of the Club World Cup.
But there have been occasions in which this tendency has been used by agents to their player’s advantage, so as to secure better terms on a new contract at their current club. An example of this is stated to be Alphonso Davies, who was linked with Real Madrid before signing a new deal at Bayern last summer.