Real Madrid have two hot potatoes in the center of defense, with names and surnames: Raphael Varane and Sergio Ramos. And both situations, although independent, are much more interconnected than it might seem at first, to the point that the future of one greatly conditions that of the other, and vice versa. But, in that interrelation, there is an established order: first Varane goes and then Ramos. The club will first address the resolution of the future of the French and then, depending on how it has been able to solve this matter, a decision will be made regarding the white captain.
Because Varane has had an offer to renew for Madrid for months, with his current contract ending in June 2022. At first, he did not show special interest in extending his contract, delving into those ideas that led him to consider leaving during the beginning of 2019 to seek new challenges; Zidane's arrival took that idea out of his head. And in recent weeks his environment transferred to Madrid a counter offer that would imply a strong salary increase that does not fit with the club's plans at the moment. Madrid is asking the players to renew an effort in the form of a salary cut and the raise that Varane has asked does not enter the white accounts, Today.
It is true that Madrid has been sliding for a long time that this summer important players could come out of the team to finance the renewal that the squad needs. Florentino Pérez himself did it during interviews with El Chiringuito, El Larguero de la Cadena SER and Diario AS. And Varane is one of the most valuable players in the squad: in a context of a shortage of top-level center-backs, the Frenchman has extensive experience (he has won four Champions League and one World Cup with France), with just 28 years of age, and its estimated price (according to Transfermarkt) is 70 million euros. An amount that Madrid would gladly accept, especially considering that it is the last year of their contract., you would run the risk of leaving for free in 2022 if he does not transfer you this summer.
Alaba, Nacho, Militao … and one more
Madrid has already closed the signing of David Alaba, who will arrive from Bayern Munich for free and with a significant salary (about 11 million net). With Nacho (another one that ends in June 2022, although in Madrid they believe that its renewal will not be so complicated) and Militao (which this course has been uncovered as the central guarantee that arrived for 50 million from Porto), there is room for a central more in the squad, who would come out of the Varane-Ramos binomial. If Madrid fail to transfer Varane this summer, it is unlikely that he will renew the captain's contract; but if he finds someone to sign Varane (it is trusted that he has a wide market), the renewal of Ramos would win many integers.
The situation with Ramos is no longer economic. The center-back, whom the final stretch of the season has punished with many injuries in a row, He is open to lowering his salary by 10% as requested by the club, but he wants to sign a two-season commitment. In Madrid they consider that a 35-year-old player must renew year by year, and that is the main blocking point in the negotiation right now. The transfer of Varane this summer would help to unblock a negotiation that remains at a standstill, with Ramos and Florentino Pérez as interlocutors in conversations.