Real Madrid to bolster defensive ranks with 21-year-old Spanish centre-back this summer

Conflicting reports are emerging regarding Real Madrid's future plans regarding their defensive cover. After a season in which David Alaba and Eder Militao sustained cruciate ligament injuries, Carlo Ancelotti was often asked to use an improvised defense.

Recent information has appeared that the Blancos are scouting the Lille defender Leny Yoro, and they have made contact with Yoro on a potential move in the summer. However, his asking price is more than 60 million euros for an 18-year-old defender.

However AS Diary now they say the position is not a priority for Los Blancos. They say that the thinking in Valdebebas is that they do not regret signing reinforcements this season after those injuries, and that this season was really bad luck that their two starting central defenders suffered the same injury.

They will make an addition, but it will be in the form of a 21-year-old performance Rafa Marin, who will return from Alaves at the end of the season. Captain Nacho Fernandez is moving towards a renewal for another year, and that would leave five players for only two positions in the team. In addition, they say that Bayern Munich left back Alphonso Davies and Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe are the priorities, and so they do not intend to spend big in the summer on a third target.

Of course, their transfer strategy over the past five years has been to bring in one star signing, and while Mbappe's arrival was originally expected to last two seasons, going from one major signing to three seems quite a leap. This season's caution in the market after those injuries also shows that Florentino Perez is more careful than ever with money, although it must be said that they rarely miss the opportunity to move for a young prodigy, who Yoro is considered as.