Report: Real Madrid Formally Inform Players There Will Be No New Signings

Florentino Perez already stated publicly that there will be no ‘big’ signings this summer, so today’s report from Marca is not a huge surprise. But there are some interesting details in that report from them:

1. The board, specifically CEO Jose Angel Sanchez, informed the players in a meeting today the club is not in a financial situation to sign new players because of the COVID-19 impact.
2. Sanchez told told the players the club “weren’t in a financial position” to bring Alphonse Areola back for a second season.
3. Sanchez did not rule out new faces altogether, but stated that any incoming players will stem from loanees returning. The most likely names: Martin Odegaard (all but confirmed), Dani Ceballos, and Andriy Lunin.

None of this is a huge surprise, but it’s interesting to see it explained like this in a meeting. As Kiyan Sobhani wrote yesterday, there is a huge case for ‘continuity’ this summer — to groom the nucleus of the current squad before a huge summer in 2021.