Real Madrid will try to sign a central defender in the coming 12 months, after he has already brought Dean Huijsen from AFC Bournemouth. And their leading goals to be that man also come from the Premier League.
It is no secret that Real Madrid Ibrahima Konate from Liverpool wants to sign, knowing that there are opportunities to join a Cut-Price Deal, or in 2026 as a free-on-condition that he does not sign a new contract with the Premier League champions. But club officials also look at William Saliba.
Soon Saliba could be in a similar situation as Konate, with his arsenal contract that expires in 2027. Real Madrid is interested in signing him next summer if he does not match new conditions for the end of the coming season, and there are already movements in preparation for preparing a chase.
Diario, as reported that Arsenal is completely unaffected by the sound around Saliba and Real Madrid. They are clear that no offers will be entertained for their valued defender, whose contracts they expect to sign a new contract in the coming months.
A deal for Saliba will be considerably more difficult for Real Madrid to draw compared to Konate, but if they can get it over the line in 2026 or 2027, it would be an incredible addition to and a bit more, it would be a world class partnership with Huijsen or even Konate if he attended.
For now, Real Madrid cannot do much, except waiting to see if Saliba signs a new contract with Arsenal. If he does that, their pursuit is over before it really started. But if he keeps going, there can be a window that can exploit Los Blancos officials.