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Real Madrid and Alphonso Davies have reached a verbal agreement for the Bayern Munich left-back to join in 2024 or 2025.
The La Liga club, led by chief scout Juni Calafat and general manager José Ángel Sánchez, have been in contact with Davies’ team for some time and have asked him since the start of talks not to renew his contract with Bayern, which expires in 2025, to be able to join them.
There have been several meetings in recent weeks, including one in person in Madrid in mid-February, which have further accelerated the process.
There are two options on the table with Real open to reaching a deal for a below-market price this summer, much like Toni Kroos’ move in 2014, or the following year, when Davies’ contract ends, like David Alaba in 2021.
Despite preliminary interest from rival Barcelona and clubs in England, who have been monitoring the situation, Davies’ preference at the moment is to move to Madrid.
Davies is interested in moving to Madrid (Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)
The two clubs have not yet started negotiations with the Bundesliga champions, are still trying to convince the player to renew and have rejected offers of potential replacements for the Canadian international in recent months.
However, Bayern do not want to lose the 23-year-old for free and if they cannot agree on new terms, they will try to maximize the price for him in a sale this summer.
A deal for Kylian Mbappe remains Real’s number one priority for the summer, and they will hope he joins, but any move for the French international will not deter their pursuit of Davies as well.
Ferland Mendy has been Madrid’s starting left back this season and Fran García has also replaced him on occasions.
Davies joined Bayern from MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps in January 2019 and made 180 appearances for the club, winning the Bundesliga title five times and being part of the Champions League-winning team in 2020.
This season he has played 27 times in all competitions for Bayern, scoring one goal and providing three assists.
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Alphonso Davies’ journey from the refugee camp to Bayern Munich
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