Spanish star Marco Asensio is close to leaving Real Madrid after he rejected his last offer to extend his contract with the "Merengue", which expires in late June.
The final fate of the Spain international is decided within a week, although Spanish media reports confirm the player's departure in the summer.
The main dilemma with Asensio at the Bernabéu is that he does not have permanent minutes with the team, and Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti usually brings him in as a substitute or sits him on the bench, and it is this reason that will be decisive in the decision of the no.11.
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A number of Premier League and Paris Saint-Germain teams want to sign Asensio, 27, whose business is run by the famous Portuguese Jorge Mendes.
The newspaper "Marca" (Marca) Spanish – earlier in May – that Aston Villa led by Spanish coach Unai Emery of the first teams wishing to include the Spanish winger in the summer Mercato.
ESPN Sports reported that the Parisian team has already entered negotiations to sign the player.
Asensio joins a list of players that includes Dani Ceballos, Nacho and Mariano Diaz, whose contracts expire in late June, and their future is in doubt, while Frenchman Karim Benzema, German Toni Kroos and Croatian Luka Modric have extended their contracts for an additional year.
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If Asensio's departure is confirmed, the final chapter will be written in a novel spanning 7 years, during which he won 17 titles, including 3 in the Champions League, and Asensio arrived at the "royal" season 2016-2017 a year after his loan to Espanyol.
After the departure of Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo in the 2018-2019 season, Asensio wished to be a starter, but things did not go as the Spanish winger desires, and he suffered a knee injury in 2019 that kept him out of the stadiums for 10 months, before returning with time to his level and scoring decisive goals in all competitions, but the fabulous performance of the Brazilian duo Vinicius and Rodrygo contributed to not relying on him as a starter.