70 million to start negotiations for Mac Allister

Real Madrid knows perfectly well what their first offer should be to start negotiating with Liverpool for the signing of Alexis Mac Allister, who remains one of José Mourinho's main targets for his midfield in this winter transfer market.

According to reports from Sky Germany and journalist Ben Jacobs, the Anfield management does not intend to entertain any proposals lower than that figure to greenlight talks, a financial requirement that the sporting commission of Concha Espina already has on the table following José Mourinho's explicit request to add the World Cup-winning midfielder for their attack on the UEFA Champions League.

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The 70 million starting point: the non-negotiable toll of Anfield Road

In the offices of Santiago Bernabéu, they are fully aware that the English club will not grant discounts at the outset. Although the Estimated Transfer Value (ETV) of the Argentine player is calculated at 61.9 million euros, the Merseyside club has set 70 million euros as the minimum and unmovable threshold justifying the start of a transfer in the middle of the sporting season.

The British side plans to restructure their midfield by bringing in a new dynamic midfielder next year and intends to finance that reconstruction by demanding that initial amount from the Madrid entity. If the merengue team does not reach that financial floor from its first formal proposal, the 'Reds' will direct any suitors to wait for later windows.

The Liverpool's refusal to renew and Mac Allister's stance

The urgency to define the terms of the transfer stems from the paralysis of talks to extend the contract of the Argentine player, which concludes in June 2028. Both Ben Jacobs and Sky Germany confirm that Anfield's board has decided not to offer an extension to Mac Allister, a decision that the player himself admitted with resignation: "We are in a situation where I have a year and a half left on my contract, where last season I was told that the club's idea was not to renew my contract, at least for now. And well, obviously it was a painful situation. I think today I am in a position where anything can happen, and well, we will see in the future. Anything can happen before I become a free agent."

This institutional distancing places Liverpool in a strategic position to sell the player during 2027 before he enters the last twelve months of his contract and suffers inevitable depreciation. Knowing that the player is keen on moving to Santiago Bernabéu and that José Mourinho considers him the ideal playmaker to complement Aurélien Tchouaméni, Eduardo Camavinga, and Bernardo Silva, Florentino Pérez is already gauging the exact moment to send the required proposal.

Direct negotiations between intermediaries and emissaries from both clubs will be activated during the first half of December 2026. With the contractual landscape cleared, Real Madrid will formalize the proposal of 70 million euros to convince Liverpool and seal the arrival of Alexis Mac Allister at the beginning of January 2027.

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