From Palacios to Isco: The possible moves of Real Madrid in the January market
River Plate midfielder Exequiel Palacios has been the player most likely to sign with Real Madrid for several weeks. His agreement with the Spanish club seems practically closed and only needs to be made official by both parties. At the moment, the player is enjoying his vacation after winning the Copa Libertadores.
Another potential arrival that has been spoken of is that of Brahim Diaz from Manchester City. The youngster is valued at around 10 million euros, an unforgivable opportunity for Real who think of Brahim as one of the pillars of its future project.
Meanwhile, the arrival of Mario Hermoso from Espanyol is now less likely. The centre-back suffered an unfortunate injury and the solid performances of youngster Javi Sanchez have ruled out the arrival of the player.
Regarding outgoing operations, the arrival of Santiago Solari has mainly hurt Isco and Keylor Navas. Both have been relegated to the ostracism of the bench and are now rethinking their immediate future at Real Madrid.
Navas has offers both from the Premier League and Italy, Arsenal and Napoli are the teams that have shown interest in him and a January departure is not to be ruled out, as the player is not enjoying the minutes he would like and could go out and look for them.
In Isco's case, it is more complicated, considering the high starting price. But it is true that he does not lack interest from the best teams in Europe. Juventus, City or Chelsea are teams most interested in the Spanish midfielder's services, although he can always stay and fight to prove he deserves to be a Real Madrid starter.