Marca: Real Madrid and Benfica restart A-fee transfer negotiations, and are becoming more and more consensus

Football 3:43am, 9 July 2025 175

"Marca" reported that Real Madrid and Benfica restarted Alvaro Fernandez's transfer negotiations.

Being cautious is an attitude that all parties are upholding when dealing with the transfer of A-fee to Real Madrid. Real Madrid has always made it clear that they will negotiate with Benfica and strive to get the left-back from Real Madrid youth training to return. At present, the clubs of both sides have restarted the dialogue.

Although negotiations were deadlocked a month ago, it seems that consensus is trending between Rui Costa, the chairman of the two clubs, and Florentino. Although the agreement has not been finalized, the differences in positions that previously caused A-fee to miss Real Madrid's debut in Club World Cup have been significantly narrowed.

Benfica took a tough stance like his past operations. At that time, he refused Real Madrid's offer. Even though the player himself clearly requested to accept it, the club still refused to give in. But Benfica's senior executives were recently reminded that the central defender Antonio Silva, who was previously left by their toughness, has now market priced less than 30 million euros, while Benfica's asking price was 60 million euros at that time.

The player has reached a comprehensive personal agreement with Real Madrid, and all terms have been negotiated. Fee A is waiting for the final release and realizes his dream of playing for Real Madrid with 100% certainty.

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