Is Real Madrid up for the highest transfer in its history?!

Two days ago, Bild made an announcement; today, Marca did the same on the front page. And when two such influential and well-informed media agree on some information, then there is definitely at least a pinch of truth: 21-year-old Florian Wirtz, one of the best young players on the planet, is Real Madrid's next big target! According to Marca's journalist, José Félix Díaz, the Royal Club has already made some contacts, all according to a well-established transfer strategy that has been working quite well.

Namely, Real's "specialists" gradually approach every young player they want to sign. They have long and specific conversations with him, explain the entire long-term project and the development phase by phase to him, and practically predict every year of his career, leaving no room for improvisation and possible failures. In those discussions, Real Madrid positions itself dominantly, in accordance with its status as the biggest club in the world, perhaps even a little arrogantly (especially when telling its targets not to listen to offers from other clubs, because there is no need for that), but with a clear plan of what the club wants to make of the potential reinforcement. That was the case with Aurélien Tchouaméni, Eduardo Camavinga, Jude Bellingham, the Brazilian Endrick...

All of them fell for the glamour of the Madrid giant, and many even rejected financially better offers because, in Madrid, they convinced them that only in a white jersey could you reach the stars and fulfil all your dreams. The last Champions League campaign, probably only strengthened that status of an unsurpassed football dominator, which has been a goal of the most talented players worldwide for several years now.

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When it comes to Florian Wirtz, he would certainly not be Florentino Pérez's biggest catch, but he would certainly be the most expensive one (the current record-holder, Eden Hazard, was paid 120.8 million euros). The market dictates the price, and it says that a great German is worth at least 150 million euros! This is the amount below which Bayer Leverkusen will not release its first star, as the club's executive director, Fernando Carro, confirmed some time ago. Interestingly, Marca claims that Real's representatives would not argue much and that they would be ready to pay the mentioned amount.

As per the same source, some kind of verbal agreement was even made. According to it, Wirtz will stay in Leverkusen for one more season and then move to Santiago Bernabeu in the June transfer window of 2025. Additionally, the aforementioned paper asserts that Florian Wirtz's fate has nothing to do with Xabi Alonso's eventual arrival at Real, although that's hard to believe...

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However, Bayern Munich is also interested in Wirtz, but the question is whether the Bavarians would be ready to pay 150 million euros. Bayern's director of sports, Max Eberl, mentioned recently that the club will take advantage of the opportunity if it comes up. Bayern's eventual trump card could be the fact that the player is reportedly a fan of the Munich side since he was photographed training at home in Bayern's jersey. Since then, it has been speculated that the Bavarian team is in his heart, although he didn't confirm it.

Right now, Real is leading the race. Both Marca and Bild agree on that, and that has to mean something...