Marca reveals the big signing of Real Madrid after Mbappe… not Haaland
Marca newspaper announced Real Madrid’s new target in the transfer market to strengthen the team’s ranks after Kylian Mbappe became closer than ever to joining Ancelotti’s club.
Kylian Mbappé announced, via an emotional video, that he will not renew his contract with Paris Saint-Germain, that his departure at the end of the season has become inevitable, and that the Toulouse match today, Sunday, will be his last at the Parc des Princes stadium.
At the same time, as Mbappé bids farewell to Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid is celebrating winning the Spanish League and is also one foot away from winning the 15th Champions League in its history.
According to Marca newspaper, Real Madrid has now set its sights on Florian Wirtz, the German midfielder for Bayer Leverkusen, who exploded in the Bundesliga this season under the leadership of Xabi Alonso.
According to the aforementioned newspaper, Real Madrid will not sign Wirtz in the upcoming summer transfer market, but it will be a strategic signing for the 2025/2026 season, as the German player will have to wait for another season in Leverkusen if he wants to wear the great white shirt.
Real Madrid have long been tracking the 21-year-old whose cruciate ligament tear in one of his knees in 2022 has halted his progress and led to his confirmed departure from Bayer Leverkusen. His path has been slower, but safer, because with the help of Xabi Alonso he regained his brilliance, physicality and scoring ability. In 46 matches, he scored 18 goals and provided 19 assists.
At Valdebebas they compared his potential signing to that of Bellingham. It’s the way José Ángel Sanchez and Johnny Calafat work: they move stealthily and without haste, but without stopping.
They worked with the Englishman and showed him what Real Madrid is and first convinced him to agree to wait. This is the mission. Then the economic part will come and Florentino Pérez appears there.
There is not the same relationship with Bayer Leverkusen as there is with Borussia Dortmund at the managerial level, but it is not bad, as they have made different deals in recent years. It will be a difficult and expensive process, but the 2025-2026 target is already on the table in Florian Wirtz, who has a contract with the German club until 2027.
