Overview
- Carreras signed a six-year contract through 2031 after Real Madrid agreed to pay a €50 million fee to Benfica, with his official presentation set for Tuesday at the club’s headquarters.
- Manchester United will net about £7.2 million from a 20 percent sell-on clause included in their earlier transfer of Carreras to Benfica.
- He becomes the third defensive arrival of the summer, joining Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dean Huijsen in Xabi Alonso’s back-line overhaul.
- Carreras’s return bolsters the left-back position, where he will challenge Ferland Mendy and Fran García for first-team minutes.
- The deal’s instalment payment plan and sell-on provisions illustrate Real Madrid’s approach to spreading costs and managing financial risk.