Real Madrid miss out on midfield target as Tottenham strike €100m deal

Real Madrid miss out on midfield target as Tottenham strike €100m deal After having already made four new signings, Real Madrid are reportedly still in the market for two more players, in accordance with the demands of their new coach Jose Mourinho. They are looking for another center-back, after having already signed Ibrahima Konate, and another midfielder. For the center-back position, the options they were considering included the German center-back Nico Schlotterbeck and the Italian defender Alessandro Bastoni. However, the former is now injured and the latter is now involved in a serious scandal that can make the Merengues opt out of making a move for him. Meanwhile, SPORT cites David Ornstein to highlight that one of their top two midfield targets has also got out of their hands. The white club had two primary targets to reinforce this area, Mateus Fernandes and Enzo Fernandez, but the former has now been signed by Tottenham, as Spurs have already reached an agreement with West Ham United for this signing. The London side would be paying around €100 million for the midfielder, a figure that neither Real Madrid not Manchester United, another side keenly interested in the midfielder, were willing to reach. But beyond the economic difficulties of the operation, Mourinho believed he would have been an ideal player for his project , particularly with his energy, stamina, ground-covering ability, line breaking passing, and intense pressing. For now, it remains to be seen whether Real Madrid would now focus primarily on Enzo Fernandez to bolster their midfield going forward, add another target to their list, or continue counting on some of their players, with the fates of Aurelien Tchouameni, Eduardo Camavinga, and Thiago Pitarch still to be decided. But for now, Mateus Fernandes seems to have gotten out of their hands, and he would now be looking to continue proving his talents with Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.