The Real Madrid Sentinel
Market17 Aug 2026
Real Madrid sign Álvaro Valles for $15.1M
The paperwork is done: Álvaro Valles joins from Betis in a deal worth $15.1M. Now comes the harder part.
Market17 Aug 2026
Real Madrid say no — this time
The offer from Villarreal for Raúl Asencio 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Álvaro Valles gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Álvaro Valles has just signed for Real Madrid, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Real Madrid
Kylian Mbappé was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Real Madrid
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Juan Flores joins the Real Madrid first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Juan Flores is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Daniel Ibañez joins the Real Madrid first team
- Boardroom The ground is getting bigger
- Squad Moise Kean still has not settled
- Squad Thibaut Courtois has company in his position