Aurélien Tchouameni has completed a massive transfer to Real Madrid, with the France midfielder moving from AS Monaco in what Goal reports is—between the transfer fee and potential bonuses—a €100m deal.
Tchouameni has been a fixture in deep-lying midfield for Monaco over the past two seasons, helping them to two straight 3rd place finishes in Ligue 1 as well as this past year’s Europa League knockout stages.
With France, he took over a first-choice role in the late stages of World Cup qualifying last year, including playing the full 90 in the 2021 UEFA Nations League final. Barring injury, he seems like a lock for Didier Deschamps’ World Cup roster.
Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool were both at times linked with a move for Tchouameni, but Real Madrid emerged recently as the most likely landing spot. Tchouameni joins Antonio Rüdiger on the list of incoming summer transfers for los Blancos.
While the Real Madrid midfield is as packed with top-tier stars as ever, the European champions are very reliant on the health of Casemiro, the only truly natural No. 6 in the squad. Tchouameni, at just 22, will likely be a big factor in how Carlo Ancelotti plans for the next few seasons as an aging core group is slowly phased out of the starting eleven.
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