The transfer of Take Kubo (19 years) to Villarreal, In addition, having been considered as the best step prior to the return of the Japanese to Real Madrid in 2021, it can make him enter the white club a total of 5 million euros. As AS has learned, although the figure of the agreement that initially transpired was a payment of 2.5 million for the loan for a season by the Submarine, which will also assume the footballer's file, a series of bonuses were included in the deal.
These variables will be a maximum of another 2.5 kilos. The final amount will depend on various factors such as what Kubo plays, how far Unai Emery's men go in the Europa League and Copa del Rey or if they qualify for the 2021-22 Champions League. At the Santiago Bernabéu they trust in pocketing the cap of 5 million and they hope, if it doesn't happen like that, a minimum of 4.
Kubo, a football and advertising reinforcement
Madrid's initial idea was to ask the team to secure the loan of Kubo to take over his salary (2 million) and pay between 2 and 3 million. However, the attempt at the last minute of Bayern, I was willing to pay about 8 kilos, made the sports management raise their claims. The four candidates to whom the long list of suitors had been reduced, Villarreal, Granada, Osasuna and Celta, were already selected, with an advantage in La Cerámica, but they would have to make a greater financial effort.
In Madrid they consider that Kubo is worth it. He is a player destined to contribute a lot at the sports level, but also in the media. Villarreal has noticed it in his first hours at La Cerámica. For example, On Twitter and Instagram, the preferred social channels in Japan, it increased 30,000 followers in two days: 15,000 on the main Twitter profile, 3,000 in English, 10,000 on Instagram (and a cumulative 87,000 likes) and 2,000 on Facebook. And he has barely started to touch the ball …