Real Madrid are prepared to sell one of two superstars in order to sign Juventus wonderkid Kenan Yildiz.
Nicolo Schira reports on his YouTube channel that Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso is crazy about the €100 million-valued attacker.
Schira says that Xabi wanted to sign Yildiz two years ago when he was in charge at Bayer Leverkusen.
In order to bring in Yildiz, Alonso would be prepared to sell either Vinicius Jr or Rodrygo Goes.
Despite Alonso’s wishes, Schira says that Juventus are confident of getting Yildiz to extend his contract.
Juve will sit down with Yildiz again in the week before Christmas and make a new contract offer of around €6m per year.
Yildiz earns just €1.7 million a year and Juve want to ward off interest from Real Madrid and Chelsea by giving him a far more lucrative deal.
Juventus are not feeling too much concern about Yildiz as he still has a contract until 2029.
Yildiz has emerged over the last year or so as one of the most exciting young talents in Europe.
The teenager has long been tipped to become a superstar. Juve beat Barcelona to his signature as a 16-year-old in the summer of 2022 when his contract at Bayern Munich expired.
At the time this was considered as a huge coup for a player seen as one of the best in the world at his age group.
Yildiz initially played with Juventus’ Under-19s and Next Gen team in Serie C, but broke into the first team setup midway through 2023-24.
Last season, Yildiz scored 12 goals and made nine assists in all competitions.
This season he has dipped a touch but he scored twice last Sunday in the 2-1 win over Cagliari.
Yildiz has already been compared to Juventus legend Alessandro Del Piero, who was his idol as a kid.
Like the 2006 World Cup winner, Yildiz loves to cut in from the left and boasts wonderful control, technique and the ability to beat a man and unleash a shot in on goal.
He even celebrates in the same way as Del Piero did, sticking out his tongue when he scores. The pair have developed something of a bromance together.
Yildiz has been capped 25 times by Tukey, scoring five goals and playing at Euro 2024.
