Chronology The 12 months that brought Madrid back to life
After twelve chimes it will be
January 1, 2022
,
Spain
and
France
will change the year and
Kylian Mbappé
will have total freedom to sign a new contract with the football team of his choice.
Like it
or not
Nasser Al-Khelaifi
, the president of
Paris Saint Germain
who throughout last summer constantly rejected transfer offers from
Real Madrid
, including a last one that exceeded
200 million euros
.
That hot offensive by
Florentino Pérez
at the end of August ended in negative, but he had a
spin-off
prepared for the month of January. "In January we will have news,
we hope that on January 1 everything can be solved
," explained the Madrid president a couple of months ago. January, January, January ...
Mbappé's contract with PSG ends on
June 30
and FIFA rules establish that footballers with
less than six months of contract in force
are free to sign preliminary agreements in other destinations. Conclusion: Madrid is facing a
unique opportunity in its history
. All the great signings of the last decades came after payment of a significant sum of money:
Cristiano Ronaldo
(94 million),
Zidane
(77),
Figo
(60),
Ronaldo
(45),
Beckham
(25),
Modric
(30),
Benzema
(35),
Ramos
(27),
Kroos
(25) ... None, not counting homegrown players, landed at zero cost.
Free, but not free
It is not a 100% free formula, of course, because it normally requires
negotiating a transfer premium
, which will be one of the highest in history in this case, and the classic
commissions
to agents or family members, but obviously it is cheaper than compensating with
200 million to PSG
.
This is how Madrid did it with
David Alaba
, with whom he began to chat last winter and who arrived in Valdebebas after ending his contract with
Bayern
, in June 2021. And he will do so with Mbappé, already aware of the higher echelons of Chamartín that they have the
favorable attitude of the French footballer
.
Despite everything, at the Bernabéu they know that they will not be able to announce the forward on January 1, not even in the first week.
They assume that the PSG sheiks will make
several more attempts to renew their star
, even more so considering that the year
of the Qatar World Cup
begins
and that both teams will face each other in the
knockout stages of the Champions League
.
They are also aware that some of the
great clubs in Europe
will make some desperate calls to the player's environment.
The opportunity is unique for everyone.
The offers will accumulate at the table of the Mbappé family and the figures will be astronomical, but in the capital of Spain they trust the wish of the attacker.
First Mbappé, then ...
The negotiation and subsequent decision of Mbappé will be the first
domino tab
in the
Madrid
transfer market
. The white team is already working on the 2022-2023 season with the name of the Frenchman written in gold letters. Still on probation, but it is. At his side
Benzema
, who renewed in August until 2023, and
Vinicius
, whose salary will improve in the coming months. There are also
Casemiro, Kroos, Valverde, Camavinga
and a
Modric
who has given plenty of reasons to extend an agreement that ends in June. In defense, with
Alaba, Mendy and Carvajal
as fixed, a talk has already been scheduled to raise
Militao's
salary
.
In goal,
Courtois
will be the guardian for several more years.
The turn of the
departures and arrivals
will then be opened
.
Marcelo, Isco and Bale
end their contract and will leave, leaving a gap in the staff and in the salary pyramid for new protagonists.
The dynamics will be the same as with
Courtois, Hazard
, whose future is pending of the level that he shows in the second half of the season, Alaba and Mbappé: signings at zero cost or in the last year of his contract.
In that sense
,
Rudiger
, Chelsea center-back,
likes and fits
in, and there is always the doubt with
Pogba
, who fell in love with Zidane and who is released in June.
But they are all supporting actors in Mbappé's film.
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