Zinedine Zidane and Real Madrid missed Arsenal and Liverpool Duo in triple transfer
Real Madrid can regularly sign superstars, but in 2020 they missed three world -class players, including Arsenal and Liverpool stars.
The Spanish giants have already been occupied in the transfer window this summer, with Trent Alexander-Arnold most in sight.
They also signed Dean Huijsen de Bournemouth and Alvaro Carreras de Benfica and Franco Mastanuono, highly ranked 18, from River Plate, while they also weighed another raid in the Premier League after living on their central objective of central midfielder.
But their current team could have been much stronger if they had managed to sign three rising stars in 2020 while Zinedine Zidane was still in charge.
One of these players Real assigned to a movement was Kai Havertz, who left Bayer Leverkusen for Chelsea that summer.
The German spent three seasons in Chelsea, his most memorable moment being the winning goal of their triumph of the Champions League against Manchester City in 2021.
Since he made the change to join Arsenal, Havertz has been a regular at Mikel Arteta, but missed the end of last season with a torn hamo-leg.
This same summer, Zidane also wanted to sign Florian Wirtz, who had passed FC Köln to Bayer Leverkusen in January.
Since then, the 22 -year -old has become one of the main European talents, scoring 57 goals and recording 65 assists on 197 appearances for the German team.
He was recognized as the player of the Bundesliga season in 2023/24 while the Xabi Alonso team remained unbeaten on the way to win the Bundesliga.
The amazing form of Wirtz has drawn the attention of the best European clubs, notably Liverpool, which signed the attacker for a potential of 116.5 million pounds sterling if various additional modules are respected.
Real Madrid also missed Nuno Mendes in 2020.
A year later, the Portuguese left back moved to PSG on a loan of a season with a purchase option, which the French giants triggered.
Although his first two seasons in France were positive, it was last season that he began to be considered one of the best full backs in the world.
Mendes scored in both legs of their quarter -final of the Champions League with Aston Villa while PSG won the competition for the first time.
The 5-0 dismantling of Inter Milan in the final finished a hat-trick for the Luis Enrique team.
Although they failed in the final of the FIFA club World Cup, losing 3-0 against a Chelsea inspired by Cole Palmer, they are always considered the best team in the world.
For Mendes, its summer has always been a success because Portugal has won the UEFA Nations League.
He scored in the final, when they pulled 2-2 with Spain, then converted his kick when his country had gained in penalties.
After the best season of Mendes’ young career, Real Madrid will wonder if they will have another chance to sign the rear.
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