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Real Madrid is clear that it must strengthen its defense for the upcoming season. The plague of injuries that has affected the center-backs during the current campaign has been a serious problem for Carlo Ancelotti, forcing the Italian coach to experiment with players out of position and to use young players with little experience in the first team. To prevent this situation from recurring, the Real Madrid sports management is already working on finding a new top-level center-back for the summer of 2025.
The white club has set its sights on five defenders who fit the profile of young, promising central defenders with dominant physical attributes. William Saliba (Arsenal), Micky Van de Ven (Tottenham), Castello Lukeba (RB Leipzig), Jarrad Branthwaite (Everton), and Antonio Silva (Benfica) are the players most liked at the Santiago Bernabéu offices. Each of them has qualities that make them attractive to Real Madrid, although signing any of them will not be easy and certainly not cheap, as they are possibly among the ten best center-backs on the planet, all with great potential given their ages.
A Signing with a Very High Cost
The main problem lies in the cost of these players. None of them will come cheap, and their current clubs are aware of their market value. According to sources close to Real Madrid, the price for these central defenders would range between 70 and 120 million euros, depending on the player and negotiations. Real Madrid is willing to make a significant investment in defense, but they will not pay any amount, as next summer they will also need to address other positions.
Florentino Pérez and the sports management have time to evaluate the best option, but one thing is clear: Real Madrid will sign a reliable center-back to avoid repeating the defensive problems of this season.
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