AS Monaco wants no less than €80 million for Aurelien Tchouameni as Real Madrid eyes signing the Frenchman this summer: Reports

AS Monaco wants no less than €80 million for Aurelien Tchouameni as Real Madrid eyes signing the Frenchman this summer: Reports

Real Madrid is locked in talks with Monaco over the signing of Aurelien Tchouameni but the two clubs are currently some way apart in their valuations of the midfielder. The 22-year-old has major interest from across Europe after another stellar season in Ligue 1, with Chelsea, Liverpool, and Paris Saint-Germain particularly keen.

However, Aurelien Tchouameni has told his Monaco teammates that his priority is to join Real Madrid according to Fabrizio Romano’s Caught Offside column.

AS Monaco has allowed Tchouameni to freely pick his next choice of club, he is on his way to the Santiago Bernabeu after deciding to join Real Madrid and now only a fee between the clubs needs to be agreed.

However, Real Madrid is currently unwilling to pay more than €60m for the midfielder, while AS Monaco is holding out for €80m. Talks are expected to accelerate after the Champions League final, which will be contested between Madrid and Liverpool at the Stade de France in Paris on May 28th.

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Why is Real Madrid so interested in signing Aurelien Tchouameni?

After failing to sign Kylian Mbappe is one of the biggest transfer stories of the past few years, Real Madrid has now started to look at strengthening other key areas of their team, including the midfield which is composed of aging but evergreen players like Toni Kroos, Luka Modric and Casemiro.

If you put Tchouameni in place of Casemiro, he not only provides a lot defensively, but with the ball, you can expect him to be press resistant, and make the right decision more often than not.

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Obviously, there are ways he can improve even more, but at least for now, that’ll work out just fine. Real Madrid would have one less liability on the ball if Tchouameni plays, and that’ll give the other midfielders like Camavinga, Luka Modric, and Toni Kroos to go forward and do what they are supposed to do without worrying too much about the defense.

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