The 'Departure Operation' at Real Madrid is stalled

Real Madrid is facing a dilemma rarely seen at Valdebebas: an obvious excess of players in its first team. With the 25 regulatory slots already filled (including the youngsters Asensio and Gonzalo), the white club heads into the middle stretch of the summer market with no room for further signings unless departures occur.

And that is precisely the problem: the exits are not being finalized. While names like Rodrygo, Mendy, Ceballos, Fran García, Brahim, Lunin, Alaba, and even Vinicius and Endrick have been at the center of rumors, none of them are close to leaving the Santiago Bernabéu at this point. Most of these players are not considering a change of scenery, and so far, there have been no formal offers for their services.

No One Wants to Leave Real Madrid

Meanwhile, the club has strengthened its squad with up to four new faces (Huijsen, Mastantuono, Álvaro Carreras, and Trent Alexander-Arnold) without making room first. This creates a bottleneck that complicates any future operation because to register new signings, someone has to pack their bags.

One of the most curious cases is that of David Alaba. Real Madrid was considering releasing him a year before the end of his contract, but the Austrian defender is not keen on leaving. In the meantime, the sports management insists that "the summer is long," although they acknowledge that if there is any movement, it will be more in the form of departures than arrivals.

Currently, the white club is facing an uncomfortable situation: it has more players than it can handle, and there is very little real movement in terms of departures. A puzzle that needs to be solved before the market closes.

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, La "Operación Salida" en el Real Madrid está atascada