Real Madrid finalise first THREE summer signings - including Alexander-Arnold

Robin Bairner

• Updated: 19 Apr 2025 08:20 CDT
• 3 min read

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Real Madrid are already looking forward to next season and have three new faces for the 2025/26 campaign secured.

Los Blancos are in a period of transition following their miserable performance against Arsenal in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

With LaLiga also looking difficult to win as they trail rivals Barcelona, Carlo Ancelotti finds his job on the line while the hierarchy of the club is preparing for a major overhaul of the playing staff.

And while the transfer market is still six weeks from opening, the Real Madrid board have already secured three new faces, Fichajes reports.

Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold is the most prominent of Los Blancos’ new additions, with the 26-year-old arriving as the starting right-back for next season. He will join as a free agent and is seen as a long-term option for the Bernabeu side.

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Trent Alexander-Arnold

D (R)

Liverpool

Trent Alexander-Arnold

D (R)

Liverpool

€55.4M

ETV Range

€49.9M - €61M

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In addition to Alexander-Arnold, Real Madrid are set to bring back two familiar faces to the club.

Girona left-back Miguel Gutierrez will come back to the Bernabeu after a standout season in Catalunya. He left Los Blancos in 2022 after more than a decade in the academy system and was even the first player born in 2001 to join the first team during his first stint. He made nine appearances before 50% of his rights were sold to Girona.

A similar deal is set to be completed for Nico Paz, who made four appearances for Carlo Ancelotti’s side last season before being offloaded to Como last summer. The 20-year-old attacking midfielder has sparked in Serie A and is now set to be brought back to the Spanish capital.

Ancelotti admits Real Madrid uncertainty

While president Florentino Perez is finalising his playing squad, plans are also underway behind the scenes for a change of management.

Ancelotti is rumoured to be in line to take the Brazil job, and did not deny that he might ultimately take it during his press conference on Saturday.

“I don't want to talk about my future now. I will speak to the club at the end of the season, not to you. I don't want to talk now,” the Italian said.

Ancelotti also dodged the question on whether he would still be in charge of Real Madrid for the FIFA Club World Cup in June.

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