Having parted ways with as many as five first-team players already this summer, Real Madrid look poised to bid goodbye to another star in the coming weeks with Alvaro Odriozola staring at the exit doors.

The Spanish right-back has been out of favour under Carlo Ancelotti and has been heavily linked with an exit this summer, especially with his contract set to expire in 2024.

Odriozola’s former club, Real Sociedad, have shown interest in re-signing the defender, and as per reports relayed by SPORT, the right-back and the Basque club have reached an agreement over a transfer.

Now, all that remains for a transfer to be completed is for Real Madrid and Real Sociedad to agree on the terms of the transfer.

Odriozola is a product of the Real Sociedad youth setup and came to Real Madrid in 2018 after impressing at his boyhood club.

But things did not work out for the 27-year-old at the Santiago Bernabeu and loan spells away at Bayern Munich and Fiorentina also failed to reignite his career.

An exit looked likely last summer, but Ancelotti opted to retain the defender although Odriozola barely played during the 2022/23 campaign.

Now, though, a departure seems set in stone and the defender appears to be on his way back to Real Sociedad, with an agreement in place between the player and the club.

The two clubs will now negotiate and close the operation. Real Madrid were hoping to receive a nominal fee for the departure of the right-back, but there is a good chance that they let him leave for free.

Odriozola has been named in the squad list for the pre-season tour of the US. So, it remains to be seen when the transfer is finalised.