Tchouaméni closes the Real Madrid midfield

Luka Modric

will turn 37 in September,

turned 32 in January and

turned 30 in February.

The trio that has dominated the midfield of Real Madrid and Europe for the last decade is turning off, it is reality, and in Chamartín they know it.

That is why for several seasons the white team's board has been looking for the right substitutes for a historical backbone.

And now, in the summer of 2022, it seems he has found them.

Madrid announced this Saturday the arrival of

(Rouen, 2000), Monaco's French midfielder, the second signing in this market after

's and a piece that completes the Madrid midfield wardrobe for the next six seasons.

An operation that could exceed 80 million euros, but which means that three of the most valued young midfielders on the continent now play at the Santiago Bernabéu:

, 23 years old and valued at 70 million in Transfermarkt,

, 19 and with a market value of 55, and Tchouaméni, who before making the leap to the Spanish capital reached 60. Together with them, the

(19 years and 80 million), the Englishman from Dortmund

(18 and 75), the captain of West Ham Declan

(23 and 75) or

(17 and 60).

In Tchoauméni, which will be presented this Tuesday at 12 in the morning in Valdebebas, Madrid has found a version that could be closer to that of a young

.

They are big words and he will have to prove it in Chamartín, but it is the most obvious comparison.

His height, 1.87, four centimeters less than his compatriot, his plasticity in touching the ball, his verticality and his ability to face the rival area rival what the now United player showed in his early days.

Tchouaméni has been undisputed at Monaco for the past two seasons and has carved out a niche for himself in France's senior team, where he already starts.

A few days ago, in the Nations League match against Denmark, he came out in the starting eleven sharing double pivot with

.

Interestingly, in that lineup were

, stars of the two teams that have fought over him.

The eight goals and seven assists in 50 games that he has accumulated during the last year were the object of the desire of

and

, protagonists of yet another battle in a war that has no end.

Madrid and PSG have insisted on Monaco and finally the footballer's desire has weighed on accepting the offer from the Spanish team, who will pay 60 million euros for the French midfielder.

Girondins youth squad

Born in Rouen, the capital of the Normandy area, Tchouaméni grew up in a middle-class home thanks to the income of his father

, who was in the pharmaceutical industry.

Of Cameroonian origin, the family insisted on the boy's football talent from a very young age.

He started out playing for SJ Artigues, the team from his neighborhood, and then he had the opportunity in the Bordeaux academy.

There he did not have a good time in his early years, but he finally fought for a professional contract that came in November 2017, at the age of 17.

At Girodins he shared a dressing room with

, Sevilla's central defender and one of his best friends.

He debuted in the Europa League against Ventspils, scored his first goal against the Ukrainian Mariupol and in January 2020 signed for Monaco, where he has grown to become one of the most coveted pieces on the market.

His landing in Chamartín is supposed to be easy, having by his side his compatriots

, Camavinga, Benzema and players who speak French like

or

.

After Mbappé's "no", Madrid continues combing the market to more balance the squad that has been champion of the League and Europe.

If the signing of Rüdiger was independent of the negotiation for the PSG striker, the interest and acceleration in signing Tchouaméni has logically been influenced by Mbappé's refusal.

The expense of the hypothetical agreement with the French attacker is now in the box of the white team, which "calmly and without madness" is seeing his options.

With his first two signings, he has given solidity to the defense and midfield, and now it will be the turn of the forward, where a substitute for Benzema is being sought.

In the offices, in addition, it is now time to talk about the exits, with

,

and

as protagonists after the farewells of

,

and

.

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