Praise, announcement imminent

Alaba was in Madrid yesterday, as revealed by Gol TV and has been able to confirm AS. The Austrian was in the capital of Spain with an advisor from his representative seeing one of the houses he has in his portfolio to stay and live. But, according to sources very close to Alaba himself inform this newspaper, “He was not at the club.”

The idea that Real Madrid has, if all goes well, is to announce the signing of Alaba before the end of the week. Either way, no official presentation is expected until after the Euro. The announcement will be made earlier to remove the pressure from the player to play the tournament without their future being known and each post-match being asked about it.

Alaba, who ended the season with Bayern last weekend, is enjoying a few days of vacation before starting to prepare for the European Championship with Austria. The 26 summoned by coach Franco Foda are summoned tomorrow afternoon in Bad Tatzmannsdorf, a small town near the border with the Czech Republic where the Austrian internationals will do a mini-day with four days of training. And Alaba will be with his teammates. On June 2 they will play a friendly against England in Middlesbrough and on June 6 another against Slovakia in Vienna.

As has emerged recently, the versatile defender, who has already been separated from Bayern, signs for five years with Madrid (until he is 33 years old) and will earn 12 million per season, exactly the same salary that Sergio Ramos now has, whose future is complicated at Madrid.