Transfer news: Real Madrid star turned down Chelsea and Liverpool over the summer

Having been tipped arsenic a imaginable departure during the past summertime transportation window, Raul Asencio decided to enactment astatine Real Madrid, turning down 2 English heavyweights successful the process.

Raul Asencio had been fixed the greenish airy to permission Real Madrid during the past summertime transportation window. Boss Jose Mourinho was not against the Spanish centre-back's departure. However, contempt the accomplishment of Ibrahima Konate, the 23-year-old ne'er wanted to permission the nine wherever helium came done the academy.

He did, however, person immoderate fantabulous opportunities. According to accusation from Marca, Raul Asencio received 3 eye-watering offers. Two came from the Premier League, with involvement from Chelsea and Liverpool, portion the different came from Turkey, accompanied by a fiscal connection described arsenic huge.

Chelsea and Liverpool made an connection for Raul Asencio

The Spaniard turned down these advances, arsenic helium wants to combat for a starting relation astatine Real Madrid. Raul Asencio did not reconsider his future, contempt the accomplishment of an further planetary centre-back and the accidental to articulation different apical European club.

For now, his determination has not needfully paid off, arsenic helium is yet to play this season. Sidelined by a musculus wounded until aboriginal September, the centre-back has since remained connected the seat for Real Madrid's past 3 matches. It is worthy noting that his summertime was besides marred by different off-field incident.

Having been acquitted successful a lawsuit involving the unauthorised organisation of sexually explicit videos involving 2 young women, Raul Asencio was backmost successful the headlines aft being arrested for drink-driving with a humor intoxicant level 4 times implicit the ineligible limit.

Finally Raul Asencio's clip astatine Real Madrid?

Jose Mourinho had been acold from pleased with that occurrence and publically criticised his defender. 'I americium not happy, everyone makes mistakes, but making respective is different,' the Special One had said astatine the time. Despite a turbulent fewer weeks, Raul Asencio could soon get his chance.

Indeed, Marca reports that with Dean Huijsen's reddish paper against Atletico Madrid (2-1) and Ibrahima Konate's uncertain carnal condition, the 23-year-old could gain his archetypal minutes of the play aft the planetary break.

With Eder Militao's semipermanent injury, Asencio and Antonio Rudiger are Real Madrid's lone 2 academy-trained centre-backs presently available.