Real Madrid is one step away from formalizing the signing of Fran Garcíastarting left-back for Rayo Vallecano (23 years old), who was part of the white club’s quarry since he played from the Juveniles until going up to Castilla, from 2018 to 2020, moment in which he was loaned to Rayo Vallecano where he has played ever since. Now, was transferred with a purchase option of ten million, but Madrid still kept 50% of their rights. Hence, although Fran García’s termination clause amounts to ten million euros, the white club can close his return for only five million.
In the last weeks Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen had clearly decided to undertake his hiring in this same winter market. He was willing to pay his ten million clause. An important offer from Inter also arrived, as AS learned. That put Madrid on guard, which after a meeting with the Football Directorate and with the coaches decided that it is time to recover it.
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The boy, logically, has ordered his agents (Ginés Carvajal, Dani Carvajal’s agent, takes him) to prioritize that offer when he was called by Madrid, since his dream when he went to Vallecas was to be able to return one day to succeed at the Bernabéu. That moment will not arrive until June, since if everything crystallizes in the next few hours, as it seems, Madrid’s idea is to transfer him to Rayo until June so that he can end the season with Iraola’s team and not create any sporting damage to the club from La Franja.
Of course, Fran García knows that starting this summer he will be able to compete for the position because in the current Madrid squad there is only one pure left-back, Mendy, who is being discussed this season due to the drop in his performance. Therefore, Fran García is about to become Real Madrid’s first signing for the 2023-24 season. In addition, he is a youth player and feeds the quota of Spaniards in the squad, something that the fans had been demanding.