Real Madrid is moving towards the signing of Franco Mastantuono and has already contacted River

Franco Mastantuono is one of the great pearls of Argentine football and has quickly aroused the interest of the giants of Europe, including Real Madrid, who seem to have taken the lead in acquiring his services.

According to Fabrizio Romano, the white team has already contacted the River Plate board to ask about the situation of the young midfielder.

“Real Madrid has already contacted River Plate to ask about Franco Mastantuono, as they highly appreciate the Argentine midfielder, as reported in March. Real’s scouts believe he could be another gem similar to Fede Valverde, who also came from South America,” the market specialist wrote on his Twitter account.

Also the diary Sport reports on the meetings between representatives of Real Madrid, Juni Calafat and José Ángel Sánchez, with the River board.

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The Madrid team’s plan would be to close the signing of Mastantuono in the summer market and it seems that the operation is very advanced. Currently, the Argentine player has a termination clause of 45 million euros, and according to what they have pointed out from the newspaper Clarion Madrid’s idea would be to negotiate that amount by presenting a lower offer, something that River would in principle not refuse as long as the final sale price is close to those 45 million.

Once the operation is closed, Mastantuono would not immediately join the white discipline. The Argentine midfielder is 16 years old and they would wait until August 14, the date on which he will turn 18, for him to be part of the team.

In that period of time, it is most likely that the player will stay on loan at River or some other team, as the club is already doing with Endrick.

If the operation for Mastantuono is closed, Real Madrid would continue its new strategy of signing young players as it already did with Fede Valverde, Vinicius or Rodrygo.