The Real Madrid Sentinel
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No deal for Marcus Thuram at that price
Real Madrid offered $63.5M; Inter said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Real Madrid rebuffed over Antony
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Betis have kept their man, and Real Madrid go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Real Madrid sell Vinícius Júnior for $40.4M
Vinícius Júnior has left for Manchester United in a $40.4M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Market10 Aug 2026
Real Madrid say no — this time
The offer from AVS for Bernardo Silva was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market10 Aug 2026
Thibaut Courtois wants more than Real Madrid are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Real Madrid
Kylian Mbappé and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Federico Valverde signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Federico Valverde and Real Madrid agree another 5 years.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Real Madrid go back to the board over Antony
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $45.7M — a club that wants Antony enough to be asked twice.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jon Duran joins the Real Madrid first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jon Duran is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad 6 new faces, and Real Madrid are still learning each other
- Squad Rachad Fettal: “I am not a substitute”
- The dugout Rachad Fettal knocks on the manager's door