Real Madrid have it as their primary objective now to win the FIFA Club World Cup. After all, it is the first iteration of the competition and they see a great amount of prestige on the line which they desire be theirs.
Given that their recent season did not go well, Los Blancos have pushed for serious change in recent weeks and have completely revamped the dressing room.
For starters, the managerial change brings a lot of dynamism to Real Madrid’s tactics with Xabi Alonso taking over. The likes of Trent Alexander Arnold and Dean Huijsen, meanwhile, are some of the best in their positions and will arrive in time for the Club World Cup.
Premiums being charged
The summer signings made by a club usually would only reflect serious change from the dawn of the new season with a debut slated for pre-season.
This time, however, the situation is different as Real Madrid can make signings and use the new names for the event in June.
As relayed in a recent report on SPORT, however, clubs are now beginning to sense the window for opportunity to extort Los Blancos for higher premiums given their urgency to complete signings before June.
Stiller is a top target for Real Madrid. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)
The next targets on the team’s mind are Alvaro Carreras and Angelo Stiller to reinforce the left-back and midfield positions. The goal is to bring them in this month but the economics are now beginning to grow complicated.
Carreras is currently valued at €35 million while Stiller is placed at €38 million. Combined, the transfer fee Real Madrid would ideally have to shell out would thus work out to €73 million.
Both Benfica and Stuttgart, however, refuse to let the players leave immediately for the same sum and Florentino Perez and Co. are being asked to shell out €100 million to bring the two players in for the tournament in the USA.
Their urgency, thus, commands an extra payment of €27 million and it remains to be seen if the men in white cave into the pressure or decide to enter the Club World Cup without the duo.