Real Madrid Finalises Two New Signings For Club World Cup

Real Madrid has finalised two new signings for the upcoming Club World Cup and 2025/2026 season according to COPE, which cited anonymous sources.

Last weekend, President Florentino Perez finally took since departed head coach Carlo Ancelotti’s advice to sign a defender by activating Dean Huijsen’s $67.5 million (£50 million) release clause at Bournemouth.

COPE reported in the following days that Madrid has agreed to buy back its former midfielder Nico Paz from Como after the young Argentina international impressed in Italy under Cesc Fabregas.

And while that deal hasn’t been confirmed and announced yet, two others have been finalised according to the same outlet.

Following in the footsteps of Kylian Mbappe in a sense, Trent Alexander-Arnold’s free transfer from Real Madrid should be pretty straightforward and a simple case of the England right back switching allegiances when his Liverpool terms expire on June 30.

Because Madrid wants the 26-year-old to feature at the Club World Cup, however, it must negotiate some sort of early exit fee with the Premier League champions believed to be around $5.7 million (€5 million) and COPE attests that this has already been ironed out.

Alexander-Arnold will act as a long-term heir to Dani Carvajal, who missed most of last term with an ACL rupture and is getting on in years.

On the other flank, Fran Garcia and an often-crocked Ferland Mendy need positional rivalry which is where Alvaro Carreras should come in.

The 22-year-old has a $57 million (€50 million) release clause at Benfica, which Perez is set to activate for the left back to be taken to the United States for the Club World Cup with new head coach Xabi Alonso and the rest of the travelling squad.

Because Benfica is listed on the stock exchange, all the details of how much Madrid will pay the Portuguese and how (i.e. in installments or not) will become publicly known.

Of these two transfers, Carreras’ is expected to be announced first, with the mentioned, reimagined FIFA tournament kicking off on June 14 and offering the chance to win vast amounts of prize money.

Real Madrid is taking the Club World Cup seriously

After a 2024/2025 season that lacked major silverware, Real Madrid is taking the Club World Cup seriously and is not merely going to the US to make the numbers up, as already communicated by the likes of Mbappe.