A few days ago, according to Spain's "Daily Goals" report, Real Madrid joined the competition for Chelsea centre-back Christensen, and Barcelona, which originally intended to introduce him, chose to back down under Real Madrid's aggressive attack. If Christensen arrives, Real Madrid will build his new centre-back combination with Militão.
Chelsea's centre-back Christensen's contract expired at the end of the season, the Danish international has now received many offers from teams, before that, Barcelona is the closest team to him, the Barca defender is now in urgent need of blood, for the last Champions League champions' main centre-back, Laporta is very optimistic, but now the situation has changed, because Real Madrid has also joined the competition.
Before this season, Real Madrid's original two main centre-backs Ramos and Varane have left the team, and Ancelotti's main center-back partner is Alaba who came from visa-free this season and Militao, who has been rotated to the main force, but even so, the team's defense line is still short of major generals, so next season Real Madrid also needs to introduce new center-backs, so Christensen also entered the vision of Real Madrid president Florentino.
The 25-year-old Christensen's weekly salary at Chelsea is £90,000, which is not a very high figure, which translates into the after-tax annual salary used to La Liga, which is less than 3 million euros. Today, the Danish international is reluctant to continue to hold a low-wage contract at Chelsea, asking for a salary of 7.2 million euros after tax (12 million pounds before tax), which is about twice his salary at Chelsea, Barca is only willing to give 6 million euros, but Real Madrid is willing to give around 7 million euros.
Real Madrid's strong involvement has also left Barca helpless. Because although the annual salary offered by Real Madrid has not yet reached Christensen's requirements, the gap is already very small, in this case, the possibility of Christensen joining Real Madrid has increased greatly. Real Madrid are also preparing to renew their contract with Militão, extending his contract until 2027, so that in the next few years, the two players can become real Madrid's main center-back combination.