According to AS, Real Madrid officially jumped into the race to win the signature of midfielder Adam Wharton of Crystal Palace. This star has been paid special attention by MU.
The 21 -year -old midfielder has long been within the sights of MU, Man City and Liverpool. Of these, MU is said to be the most likely to close the deal this summer, when they seek less expensive alternatives than Brighton's Carlos Baleba – who is valued at £ 115 million.
However, according to AS, Real Madrid is preparing for a spectacular deal with Wharton. Coach Xabi Alonso desires a deep midfielder to organize the game, after failing to recruit Martin Zubimendi – who chose to join Arsenal.
Although Los Blancos is having a powerful midfielder including Jude Bellingham, Eduardo Camavinga, Fede Valverde, Aurelien Tchouameni and Dani Ceballos, Alonso still wants to find a long -term solution to replace Luka Modric.
In Wharton, Alonso believes he found the answer. At the age of 21, Thuan left foot, possessing the ability to control the pace of the match, Wharton in line with the “long -term nurturing” strategy that Real Madrid often applies to big deals.
However, Real Madrid is hard to act on this summer, because they have recruited a series of rookies such as Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dean Huijsen, Franco Mastastuono and Alvaro Carreras. The only way for them to consider buying Wharton before the deadline on September 1 is to go through a huge -worth star selling deal.
The most likely person to leave is Rodrygo, the Brazilian winger is being interested in Liverpool, Man City, Arsenal and Tottenham for about 70 to 80 million pounds. If Real Madrid sells Rodrygo, they can “blow” with Wharton, when Crystal Palace only started listening at 69 million pounds, according to AS.
However, according to Sunsport's source, the actual figure that Palace considers will have to be up to £ 120 million.
AS also emphasized that Real Madrid will be satisfied if Wharton does not leave Palace this summer, so that they can apply a slow approach strategy. With Eberechi Eze preparing to join Arsenal for £ 60 million, and Marc Guhi is likely to leave about £ 35 million, Palace has no need to sell more pillars.
Therefore, the future of the Wharton deal may depend greatly on MU's zeal, the team desperately finds a new central midfielder before the summer market closed.
Wharton has been a key factor in the recent rise of Crystal Palace. The midfielder contributed to “The Eagles” won the FA Cup last season last season and then won the Super Cup earlier this month.
Despite missing nearly 100 days last season due to groin injury, Wharton was still able to play 20 Premier League matches, contributing to the first Palace in the history of 50 points in the highest tournament in England.