Dean Huijsen indicators for Real Madrid in £50m handle Bournemouth

Real Madrid have finished the signing of the Bournemouth centre-back Dean Huijsen. The 20-year-old defender, who has additionally been focused via Chelsea, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Newcastle, will sign up for the Spanish membership on the finish of the season when they agreed to pay a £50m free up clause.

Real attempted to signal Huijsen when he was once a early life participant at Málaga and feature endured to trace the previous Juventus and Roma defender’s growth. Huijsen’s footballing idol is Sergio Ramos, the previous Spain and Madrid defender. Following a mortgage spell at Roma, Huijsen signed for Bournemouth in July 2024.

His recruitment comes as Xabi Alonso is about to take price as Madrid’s supervisor from Carlo Ancelotti, who’s taking up the Brazil nationwide crew, and marks the beginning of the La Liga membership’s rebuild. The Bayer Leverkusen head trainer will are available following a season through which the European champions have been knocked out of the Champions League within the quarter-finals via Arsenal and misplaced their La Liga crown to arch-rivals Barcelona.

The Amsterdam-born participant has made 30 appearances within the best flight this season, and scored objectives in opposition to whilst his recognition burgeoned as considered one of Europe’s maximum succesful younger gamers.

Huijsen’s circle of relatives moved from the Netherlands to Spain when he was once 5 and remaining yr he pledged his allegiance to the latter in spite of representing the Dutch from under-16s to under-19s. He earned his first caps for the Spanish nationwide crew in March.

“Real Madrid CF and AFC Bournemouth have reached an agreement for the transfer of player Dean Huijsen, who remains tied to our club for the next five seasons, from June 1 2025 to June 30 2030,” the Madrid remark stated.

Bournemouth had previous stated on their web page: “Everyone at AFC Bournemouth is looking forward to working with Dean for the remaining two games of the Premier League season, before he embarks on the next step of his career.”