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Premier League giants awaiting Real Madrid’s offer for €140 million-rated standout midfielder
Florentino Perez has won Real Madrid’s presidential election, and with Tuesday now here, all eyes are on how he will live up to his word.
After all, the president promised to make an opening bid worth €150 million for a Galactico signing on Tuesday if he was voted back to power, and it is now time to back it up with real advances.
Michael Olise, in recent weeks, has been linked as the club’s primary marquee target, but his arrival is far more complicated than meets the eye.
Alternatives have thus been identified, and Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez is one of the players on that front.
Chelsea are waiting
As reported by Mail Sport in a recent update, Chelsea want close to €140 million for Fernandez’s transfer this summer and do not rule out the operation if an equivalent proposal arrives.
They are, in fact, well aware of Real Madrid’s interest and commitment to making a marquee signing. Chelsea are thus waiting to see if Los Blancos make an offer for the midfield star and whether he is the marquee signing Perez openly promised.
Given Chelsea’s price, he fits exactly within the budget Real Madrid have set aside for their star signing. The coming days may well be decisive in the saga of Enzo Fernandez to the Spanish capital.
A conflict of targets
While Enzo may well be Real Madrid’s target, what doesn’t add up in that case is the club’s growing interest in Bernardo Silva.
Given that both players play primarily in the attacking midfield, it would not make sense for Real Madrid to push for the former Manchester City star if they are signing Fernandez anyway, primarily because it would lead to a duplication of profiles.
The idea could well be for them to co-exist, but Fernandez is undoubtedly placed better closer to the box and making such a massive investment to play him out of his position would come across as anti-climactic.
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Mourinho does not want Real Madrid new signing to be affected by price tag, will continue slow integration
Real Madrid had an explosive summer transfer window with as many as six new big signings coming through to strengthen the first-team squad, while Sergio Martinez was also roped in with an eye on the future.
Up until Friday, things were going well for Jose Mourinho & co., but the 1-0 loss to Real Betis has put the team under the scanner once again.
Questions are being asked, in particular, of the club’s most explosive signing, Yan Diomande.
Mourinho not changing plans with Diomande
However, according to journalist Alvaro Esteban, Mourinho will continue with the plan of integrating Diomande slowly into the team.
The Real Madrid boss does not want the 19-year-old winger to be negatively affected by his massive price tag this summer and the pressure generated because of it.
After all, Los Blancos shelled out an enormous €125 million plus €15 million in add-ons to sign Diomande from RB Leipzig.
Should all the variables be met, he will become the most expensive signing in Real Madrid history. And, naturally, such a price tag brings with it a great deal of pressure.
As such, Mourinho wants to make sure that the Ivory Coast international is not affected in any way by the talk around his price tag and will continue to ease him into the team without rushing things.
Only a handful of minutes for Diomande
So far, Real Madrid have played four La Liga games this season and Diomande has not started even one of them.
Instead, Mourinho has opted to field Arda Guler on the right wing in three matches while Brahim Diaz started in the remaining one.
As for Diomande, he has come on as a substitute in each of the four games, but has only racked up a total of 83 minutes, without scoring or assisting a goal so far.
But, his limited minutes and slow integration are seemingly a part of Mourinho’s plans who is intent on not overexposing the teenage winger and put him under undue pressure due to the expectations that come with his price tag.
