First offer for Alessandro Bastoni

Real Madrid is preparing a formal offensive of 60 million euros to secure the services of Alessandro Bastoni, the defensive pillar of Inter Milan who has become the top priority for the white defense. The Italian is one of José Mourinho's requests.

The president of the Concha Espina club, Florentino Pérez, is accelerating the procedures in this June of 2026 to fulfill the methodological requests of the new head coach, the Portuguese José Mourinho. The technical department assumes that this definitive hiring will serve as the crowning touch to a dream restructuring in the defensive sector.

The Chamartín offices have been completing an impeccable sports planning with the already announced signings of Ibrahima Konaté, Marc Cucurella, Bernardo Silva, and Denzel Dumfries. However, the arrival of the Lombardy marshal is firmly subject to the departure of the current rejects from the Merengue squad, a pure mathematical issue to balance both salary limits and the number of available player spots. The coverage line was the one that most worried the coach from Setúbal, who demands one last effort to fully protect the central axis.

The willingness of the 27-year-old defender to relocate to the capital of Spain has been a decisive factor in reactivating the negotiations. The Italian defender has emerged as the ideal prototype for the board of the Luso coach thanks to his extensive international experience, his strength in individual duels, and his innate ability to take on immediate starting roles. The phone calls between the executives have intensified after it was confirmed in parallel that German Nico Schlotterbeck's injury definitively rules him out of contention.

Real Madrid goes all in for the signing of Alessandro Bastoni

The feasibility of this transfer is greatly favored by the excellent understanding maintained between the top levels of Real Madrid and their counterparts at Giuseppe Meazza. This harmony was recently demonstrated in the exhibition match played by the legends of both clubs at the Castellana stadium. It is precisely this institutional fluidity that has prevented the officialization of the transfer of the Dutch full-back Dumfries, incorporating both operations within a direct and continuous dialogue throughout the summer.

The Serie A club's management accepts with total naturalness the departure of their left center-back, knowing that the player himself has formally requested a change of scenery after completing a successful cycle in Calcio. During the season, the Milan team already granted the relevant permission to the Italian international player to explore his professional future. In fact, the defender even made formal contact with FC Barcelona, although the financial constraints of the Catalan club prevented the negotiations from progressing in the offices.

The market landscape took a radical turn a week after the end of the official tournaments, when the unexpected return of Mourinho to the white bench was confirmed. While the center-back was discussing with the Barcelona executives, no one foresaw the Portuguese manager's return to Concha Espina. Upon the call from the coach from Setúbal, the Italian defender abruptly halted all other international proposals with the sole purpose of donning the Merengue jersey.

Why does Mourinho want Bastoni at Real Madrid?

The Inter club leaders informally explored the possibility of including the young Nico Paz as a counterpart in the commercial deal, an option that was deemed impossible by the white executive from the very beginning. The Madrid offices do not under any circumstances consider losing control over their promising talents, opting to fully pay the 60 million euros required to close the deal for the Milanese defender without compromising the sporting heritage of Valdebebas's youth academy.

The defender understands perfectly that the interest of the Madrid entity is a priority, but also maturely accepts that the legal process will not be resolved immediately. The need to verify previous salary reductions will require the professional to exercise patience while intermediaries finalize the contractual clauses of an agreement that promises to shake the foundations of the European market in the upcoming warm summer days.

The technical department will expedite the sales processes to free up the necessary accounting space to register the new defensive marshal before the start of the preseason tours. With the full complicity of the selling club and the unbreakable desire of the Italian international to join the Concha Espina project, Real Madrid is confident in completing a legendary rearguard capable of competing to regain absolute dominance in all continental competitions.

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