Desperate times call for desperate measures. After a season without a major title, which remains an anomaly for a club like Real Madrid , Florentino Perez wants to put the church back in the middle of the village. In addition to the appointment of Xabi Alonso at the helm of the team, the Whites president has already completed three notable arrivals: Trent Alexander-Arnold, arrived for 10 million euros from Liverpool, Dean Huijsen, ousted from Bournemouth for 62 million euros, and finally Franco Mastantuono, who will arrive from River Plate after the Club World Cup.
Other signings are expected, such as left-back Alvaro Carreras , while other names continue to circulate in recent days for transfers this summer, or later: Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), William Saliba (Arsenal) and Christian Mosquera (Valencia) have thus often come up in the press. Up front, it could be that Xabi Alonso's surprise will be named Gonzalo Garcia, a homegrown player who has impressed at this Club World Cup. However, there is nothing to indicate that no offensive reinforcements will arrive this summer.
Everyone is fighting over Nick Woltemade
It is in this perspective that Marca evokes today the name of Nick Woltemade . Revelation of the season in the Bundesliga , the 23-year-old striker was not programmed to play the leading roles in Stuttgart when he arrived last summer. Proof: he was not even included in his club's list for the Champions League. But the German knew how to draw from the right drawers at the right times to finish the season in style (12 goals in the Bundesliga) and receive his first call-up with the German national team. He had also played against the Blues in the Final Four of the Nations League (0-2), but was not able to turn the match to his advantage, unlike yesterday's semi-final of the Euro Espoirs against the Bleuets.
Woltemade, who scored in the Germans' 3-0 victory, cemented his position as the tournament 's top scorer (6 goals). His performance certainly didn't go unnoticed in Madrid, as he's already on the club's radar. His rare profile, namely an agile and skillful player with the ball despite being 1.98 meters tall, is highly appealing to the club, which is keen to build the future around young but ready players. It will be necessary to see in the coming weeks whether his performances at the Euro have convinced Real Madrid to actually make a move. But if Real Madrid doesn't, others will: Bayern Munich, Chelsea, and Atlético Madrid are all in the running. According to BILD , Stuttgart has set its price at €60 million.
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