• 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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