Real Madrid remains interested in a potential summer transfer offer for Arsenal Defensive Star William Saliba.
Despite an injury crisis in the central defense at the beginning of 2025, Carlo Ancelotti chose to bring new faces to his team, while David Alaba eventually returned to action.
Dani Carvajal and Eder Militao will probably not stay again this season, with Antonio Rudiger who slides a heavy game tax, despite the rise of the first team rominence of Raul Asencio.
Ancelotti wants to look at the Saliba situation again before 2025/26 next to a broader defensive refit in Madrid.
Liverpool immediately back Alexander-Arnold remains as the primary target, and Real Madrid has submitted their free transfer package to the English International, but there has been a lack of updates from Anfield since the beginning of 2025.
Real Madrid keeps closely on Saliba's contract extension plans in the Emirates Stadium, with its current deal in 2027, and discussions planned with Mikel Arteta in June.
The lack of Arsenal trophies can also influence the decision of Saliba with the 23-year-old who is currently appreciated at around € 80 million.
Saliba will be confronted next month with Los Blancos in the UEFA Champions League Quarter Finals in two games that will effectively determine the Arsenal season.
With Liverpool who storms in the Premier League title race – and a UCL spot for the next season virtually secure – beating Ancelotti is the only chance of Arteta to fight for a trophy in the last weeks of the campaign.
Despite the dazzling attention to Saliba, the France star this summer is not willing to exchange London for Madrid for Madrid, because he will stay with Arteta for at least one year.
According to reports from Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Saliba has offered his reassurance to Arteta and new sports director Andrea Berta about his plans for 2025/26 and Ancelotti could now look somewhere else to strengthen his back line in the Spanish capital.
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