After a quiet transfer from Juventus last summer, Huijsen has had a fantastic season in the Premier League. In March, he made his senior Spain debut.
Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, and Bayern Munich have all been interested in the Dutch-born defender as they look to bolster their defenses, but Madrid has been certain of landing him.
The most crucial element in this case is Huijsen’s own choice, as many clubs can easily trigger a £50 million (€59 million) release clause that can be paid to Bournemouth in three installments.
MARCA lead with the headline “Everything Agreed”, with the claim that documents are starting to be exchanged between Real Madrid and Bournemouth and that only an “official signing” is required. The Spanish outlet claims that seven additional “concrete offers” have been turned down by Huijsen.
Huijsen can be registered during FIFA’s extraordinary mini-transfer window at the beginning of June and be eligible to play from the beginning of the Club World Cup if Madrid completes things swiftly.
Madrid has a history of misleading Spanish media about the progress of transfer attempts in an effort to exert pressure on the different stakeholders.
Reports from other nations have provided contradictory information even in the past few weeks, but a different story from the Telegraph that presents a similar account of events and claims that the race for Huijsen has been “won” lends credence to MARCA’s assertions.
According to reports, Madrid’s pivotal moment was a “breakthrough” on the 20-year-old’ssalarydemands, which was essential to defeating Chelsea in particular.
With Antonio Rudiger playing through pain for months before recently undergoing surgery, David Alaba struggling following his own protracted absence, and Eder Militao out for the long haul, defense has been a problematic area of the field for Madrid this season. Due to concerns about Ferland Mendy on the left, right-back Dani Carvajal has also missed the majority of the season.
However, with Trent Alexander-Arnold’simpendingarrival and Huijsen’s anticipated capture, the back four could suddenly look very different. The England full-back’scontractwith Liverpool expires on June 30th, but he might be able to move three weeks sooner and, like Huijsen, be listed in the mini-window if he can agree to a small transfer fee of about €1 million.