Isco is in the air

In Eibar began more than two years ago one of the most controversial episodes of Isco at Real Madrid, the root of his conflict with Solari; and, coincidentally, he will not be in Ipurua today due to a minor injury. A circle that can be closed in January, when the man from Malaga will push the white entity to facilitate his departure to the destination of his choice.

A complicated situation because Isco has a potential market, given its name and quality, but does not have consistent offers to carry out a transfer. There is the key point: Madrid will not retain him against his will, but he does not want to give it up (because the contract ends in 2022) or give it away. If he leaves, it has to be by leaving money in the box. A condition in which the club, which is having to juggle its economy due to the pandemic, is currently inflexible.

Isco's courage is the great concern. The Arroyo de la Miel midfielder had in the past with relevant proposals from England (where now they are also pending what happens to him), from City, and from Italy, in this case from Juventus. Its market value has been declining since that incident with Solari, when curiously it was at its historical maximum (€ 90M) according to the specialized website Transfermarkt, and with Zidane he has finished falling apart. Right now its valuation is € 20M.

Madrid rates him at 60 million euros at least

But one thing is the external evaluations and another is the owner of the footballer. Madrid considers that it is an asset that must report an economic income in its goodbye. Isco is 28 years old, an international vitola when he has played (his last call was in June 2019) and a lot of football ahead, it is also plausible that he will go to a potential direct rival, now or in the future. For that reason, and because as reported by AS, Madrid suspects that Isco already has a hidden suitor to whom he may have given the yes. In the entity the transfer is valued at a figure between 60 and 70 million euros.

January will mean a tug of war between Isco's father, who is his representative, and Madrid. The club or clubs that want the Malaga player must pay their salary, which exceeds 6 million euros net.

While deciding what happens to Isco, the footballer himself can hardly show off. It has completely disappeared from the plans of Zidane, once one of its defenders, in the big games who used to play (not a minute in the Classical, the derby, the Pijzuán or against Inter), the man from Malaga was caught complaining about it at the Camp Nou and that has added several injuries, the last one being a blow to the ankle so that he could not be in Ipurua. The place that triggered it all.