Real Madrid transfer news: Los Blancos place Bournemouth defender on centre-back shortlist?

Real Madrid person reportedly identified Bournemouth's Dean Huijsen arsenic a imaginable centre-back target.

The 19-year-old struggled for regular starting opportunities successful the opening fewer months of his Bournemouth vocation aft arriving from Juventus successful the summertime for an archetypal £12.6m fee.

Andoni Iraola preferred to usage Marcos Senesi and Ilya Zabarnyi arsenic his first-choice centre-back pairing, leaving Huijsen to settee for conscionable 2 starts successful the archetypal 13 matches of the Premier League season.

However, an wounded to Senesi has allowed Huijsen to showcase his imaginable arsenic a starter successful each of Bournemouth's past 5 matches.

The Spain Under-21 planetary has helped the Cherries support 3 cleanable sheets successful that five-game period, portion helium besides contributed to their attacking efforts with goals against Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United.

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Real Madrid considering Huijsen move

The study claims that Los Blancos are acceptable to reignite their involvement aft antecedently pushing to motion the youngster erstwhile helium was portion of the Malaga academy.

However, the 19-year-old opted to crook down Real Madrid successful favour of joining Italian giants Juventus successful 2021.

Having kept tabs connected Huijsen's progress, Real Madrid are weighing up whether to marque a determination successful 2025, though they person their doubts arsenic to whether helium would beryllium a starter from the outset.

From the player's perspective, helium would beryllium reluctant to determination to a nine wherever helium would person to settee for a relation arsenic a backup defender.

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Why are Real Madrid searching for a caller centre-back?

Real Madrid person been near airy connected cardinal antiaircraft options owed to Eder Militao and David Alaba's wounded issues.

Alaba has been retired for implicit a twelvemonth with an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, though determination is anticipation that helium volition instrumentality to enactment successful the caller year.

Meanwhile, Militao is expected to beryllium retired for the remainder of the play aft suffering an ACL wounded for the 2nd play successful a row.

As a result, Ancelotti has been forced to usage young defender Raul Asencio and regular midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni arsenic centre-back partners to Antonio Rudiger.

Los Blancos are seemingly keen to debar akin issues successful the aboriginal which is wherefore they are looking to bolster their centre-back options.

In summation to Huijsen, they are said to beryllium considering Al-Nassr's Aymeric Laporte and Arsenal's William Saliba arsenic transportation targets.

However, they are believed to person doubts astir Laporte's age, portion a determination for Saliba whitethorn beryllium 'impossible' owed to the outgo of a imaginable deal.

Real Madrid are besides considering 18-year-old Palmeiras defender Vitor Reis, who has made 22 competitory appearances for Abel Ferreira's side.

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