Yesterday, Real Madrid and Monaco reached an agreement regarding the transfer of Aurelien Tchouameni, 22, to the White Club. Real Madrid had reached an agreement with the same player several days ago, despite the fact that he was receiving a lot of pressure from PSG to join the project that Mbappe will lead in the coming years.
But the most important thing was missing, which was reaching a final agreement with Monaco, the club that owns the rights to Tchouameni. This agreement has already been concluded between the French club and Real Madrid for a fixed amount of 80 million euros and another 20 in the form of variables according to the goals and championships achieved by the player in the white shirt.
Originally, Real Madrid had not planned to pay such a high amount to a player like Tchouameni, who would, in principle, arrive as a replacement for Casemiro; But the failure of the Mbappe deal modified the plans and expanded Real Madrid’s ability to increase its financial offer for a player who has the ability to perform immediately and also has a large margin for growth in the future. At first, it seemed that Real Madrid would pay no more than 60 million fixed; Finally, it rose to 80 million.
It was Paris Saint-Germain that made Real Madrid raise its offer dramatically. The French club wanted to please Mbappe, who put on the table some sporting conditions to continue in Paris: the signing of Luis Campos to manage the sport, the project revolving around his character (and not about Neymar and Messi) and several high-quality signings to compete in the Champions League, including the name Tchouameni, One of the most prominent midfielders in the last edition of the French League.
Paris Saint-Germain put in a bigger bid than Real Madrid’s 60 million, which put Monaco in a difficult position. Relations between Monaco and Real Madrid are excellent, as it has appeared several times in the past, with James’s move, Coentrao’s move, and even near the signing of Mbappe in 2017, when there was an agreement between the entities, but then the player preferred to go to Paris.
In addition, Monaco prefer to transfer Tchouameni to a team outside France, for obvious reasons: they do not want to strengthen their direct opponent, because in the end this prevents them from causing a surprise in Ligue 1 as he did in the 2016-2017 season, where he was declared champion at the expense of Parisians.
Hence, Monaco asked Real Madrid to raise its fixed offer. Yesterday, Monday, Paris Saint-Germain continued its attempt to break the agreement reached between Real Madrid and Monaco, but the agreement is already strict and Madrid trusts the word of the player who told them that he wants to play in the white shirt.
Source: AS