Real Madrid reportedly chasing PSG forward as €150m mystery signing

Real Madrid reportedly chasing PSG forward as €150m mystery signing originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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This weekend will see Real Madrid hold their presidential elections, with current president Florentino Perez facing off against Enrique Riquelme for the top spot at the club. In the run-up to Sunday’s polling, both figures would go out and make several claims in order to get the Madridistas’ favor, which included Perez claiming that he’d be bidding “€150 million” for a player from a club in the Champions League.

It would take a promise of this magnitude to attempt to gain the support of the Los Blancos supporters, given the recent struggles at the Bernabeu, as the Spanish giants haven’t gotten a single trophy, apart from the 2024 UEFA Super Cup, in the last two seasons.

Who could the player be?

While there has been a lot of speculation about who this player could be, it appears that he could be coming from the defending back-to-back European champions. As reported by TEAMtalk’s Graeme Bailey, it appears that Madrid could be targeting Paris Saint-Germain’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

“Michael Olise, Harry Kane, Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Vitinha have all been mentioned as potential targets, but TEAMtalk understands from well-placed sources close to the club that they believe the player in question is Paris Saint-Germain superstar winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia,” writes Bailey.

The Georgian forward has been a revelation for the Parisians following his move from Serie A giants Napoli a few seasons back, with his heroics in the previous Champions League campaign being a driving force in the club’s winning run, bagging 16 goal involvements across the 16 matches.

If this is to be true, and there was a transfer to be arranged, it could cause some headaches moving forward, given the immense depth that Los Blancos have at the left wing already, with the likes of Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo, and Kylian Mbappe all being available to fulfill that spot on the pitch.

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