Who is the €150 million signing Florentino Perez wants at Real Madrid? The saga begins

With Florentino Pérez re-elected as president, all the members’ eyes are now on Tuesday and on the formal offer Real Madrid plans to submit to secure the services “of one of the best players in the world.” Florentino Pérez announced it on Horizonte, Iker Jiménez’s program. “We are going to present the biggest offer ever made for a player,” said the president. 

“It’s not Haaland, it’s not Olise, it’s not Doku…”, Florentino stated in response to Iker Jiménez’s questions aimed at getting him to reveal the name. All bets therefore shifted to two PSG players: Joao Neves or Vitinha. Because Florentino had also ruled out the Premier League and everyone knows that in Spain any negotiation with Barça and Atlético was impossible. So, given Madrid’s needs in midfield, PSG became the target. 

We are going to present the biggest offer ever made by a player

Florentino Pérez

‘However, all the information now points to the player desired by Florentino Pérez being Michael Olise, Bayern’s star. A Frenchman born in London, 24 years old, the right winger of the German team fits better into the Galácticos album than PSG’s midfielders. The problem, however, lies with Bayern, which is not exactly a selling club. “If Florentino wants to send us an offer, he can save himself the trouble,” said the president of the German club, Herbert Hainer. The Germans also have not forgotten the mistake made with Toni Kroos in 2014, when they sold him for 25 million euros with one year left on his contract. That is not the case with Olise, who is under contract until 2029 after being signed from Crystal Palace in 2024. His market valuation, indeed, 150 million. What Madrid has in mind to put on the table. ‘

If Florentino wants to send us an offer, he can save himself the trouble

Herbert Hainer

Madrid’s idea is to complete all possible deals before the World Cup, although the room for maneuver is already minimal. The White club already has a coach, José Mourinho, and has signed two World Cup players such as Konaté and Dumfries, but it seems complicated for it to finalize more signings before the major international tournament begins. Olise’s case looks like an impossible mission after hearing the Bayern president. And in the best-case scenario, a long summer saga.  

On course for the most expensive signing in history

If Real Madrid ends up successfully completing this deal, 2026 would indeed go down as the year in which the most expensive signing in the club’s history was made, a record currently held by Jude Bellingham, for whom 127 million were paid in June 2023.