Actual Madrid are on the hunt for a brand new defensive midfielder, as they search to lastly signal a Toni Kroos substitute. They maintain a robust curiosity in Manchester Metropolis and Spain celebrity Rodri Hernandez, however in actual fact, it might be one other Premier League pivot that they make a transfer for.
That’s the opinion of former Premier League striker Troy Deeney, who has instructed talkSPORT (by way of CaughtOffside) that Actual Madrid might look to signal Carlos Baleba from Brighton subsequent summer season – offered that Manchester United fail to signal him from Brighton in the course of the present switch window.
“I feel United must get Baleba this window, or they don’t get him. If he has one other good season, I do suppose different groups with Actual Madrid and the like will are available and go ‘Bosh, we’ll have him’. I feel if Man United need him…if I’m Ruben Amorim I’m sort of bullish on that. I’d be saying ‘get this deal achieved as a result of then I can get you into Europe’. If they’ll signal him, he can transfer them up 10 areas (within the Premier League standings).”
Baleba would match Actual Madrid’s switch coverage to a tee
It’s clear that Actual Madrid need a new defensive midfielder, however they’re unlikely to get anybody in earlier than this summer season’s switch window closes in the beginning of September. 2026 will virtually definitely be the time to them to strike, and if Rodri shouldn’t be accessible at the moment, Baleba could be a wonderful various.
At 21, he could be an ideal match for Actual Madrid’s switch coverage of signing youthful gamers to grow to be set up stars on the Santiago Bernabeu. They might additionally not be shy to pay Brighton’s asking worth for the Cameroon worldwide, so it is going to be fascinating to see whether or not he’s somebody that enters their ideas going into 2026.