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As per reports, Real Madrid signed French sensation Aurelien Tchouameni from Monaco. He will arrive this summer for around €80 million, with the potential of the transfer arising to over €100 million with add-ons.
After missing out on Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland, Real Madrid are back with their strategy of buying young players that are not huge names. Even without the huge marketing appeal of Mbappe or Haaland, Tchouameni is a great signing. Here are three reasons why Real Madrid made the right decision in signing Aurelien Tchouameni.
Why Real Madrid signed Aurelien Tchouameni
3. He is one of the best young players in the world
As said above, the new Real Madrid strategy is buying young talent. After the Galactico era, with all the success it bought to Madrid, Los Merengues slowly turned towards younger, unproven players. The transfers of Luka Jovic and Eden Hazard, both of which have not worked out, clearly changed the vision that Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has about the club. He started with Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo Goes but also brought in the likes of Federico Valverde, Eder Militao, and Eduardo Camavinga.
Now, Aurelien Tchouameni is next. He is arguably one of the best young players in the world, or he has showcased that playing for Monaco in these past two seasons.
Originally a product of the Bordeaux school, Tchouameni has impressed everyone with his footballing skill set in these past two years. In that time, he earned 74 league appearances for Monaco and quickly made the ranks of the French national team, where he is a mainstay. His ability to win the ball, but also progress, makes him a great hybrid midfielder for a Real Madrid side that needs new blood in that part of the field. Tchouameni will be playing fewer minutes at first, obviously, but as time goes on, he will form the future Real Madrid midfield with Camavinga and Valverde.
2. He is the ideal Casemiro replacement
A major reason why Real Madrid pushed so hard for Tchouameni is the fact that Casemiro, their stalwart defensive midfielder, is getting on in age. Now, 30 is not that old, especially considering the fact that Luka Modric is still the best Real Madrid midfielder at 37, but there needed to be an option for the future.
Casemiro is also a key member of the squad and without a direct replacement, there was a major gap whenever the Brazilian was unavailable for whatever reason. Camavinga and Toni Kroos just could not play what Casemiro plays, so there were issues. Now, these issues should be history.
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Tchouameni is the absolute ideal Casemiro replacement. He is a very hard tackler, he is tall, and there are even things he does better than the Brazilian legend, like ball progression and passing. That is not to say that Tchouameni is better, which would be too soon of course, but he definitely has the potential to replace Casemiro as he grows older.
It will also be amazing for Tchouameni to have a great mentor like Casemiro, a player who has won everything possible at the club level with Real Madrid. It is clear that this was the main motivation for Real Madrid, finding a capable player to replace Casemiro, but Tchouameni swiftly resolved these concerns.
1. It is a major win over PSG
Now, we can be sure that this was not a massive reason why Real Madrid pushed for Aurelien Tchouameni. However, it must bring a smile to Perez's face to see PSG fail to understand how their offer, which was reportedly much more financially generous both to Monaco and to Tchouameni, lost to Real Madrid's offer. After the entire Kylian Mbappe saga, there is definitely a huge rivalry between PSG and Real Madrid when it comes to transfers.
An additional motivation was also that, apparently, Tchouameni was a huge wish of Mbappe and it was one of his demands to the board prior to signing the new deal, but it did not end up materializing in the end.
Real Madrid and their president, Florentino Perez, really look to keep good relations with other clubs. It has come out this week that Perez is willing to help Barcelona, Real Madrid's biggest rival, to get out of their financial crisis and sign new players this summer.
However, the Mbappe situation seemingly changed his mindset in terms of PSG. Of course, Mbappe chose to stay, but Perez wanted some kind of revenge and Tchouameni is a good prize. Now, Perez has sorted out his midfield future, signed a great young talent who really wanted to play in Real Madrid colors, and got one over PSG.
