Overview

• Real Madrid presented Huijsen at Valdebebas, where he passed his medical, signed alongside Florentino Pérez and posed in front of the club’s trophy room.
• The club triggered Huijsen’s €58 million release clause to secure the 20-year-old Spanish international from Bournemouth, making him the most expensive defender in the club’s history and assigning him the number 24 shirt.
• Huijsen pledged that Real Madrid is the club of his life and vowed to work tirelessly to win titles, starting with the upcoming Club World Cup.
• He has already held welcoming conversations with Kylian Mbappé and Aurelien Tchouameni and will fill a defensive gap as key center-backs Éder Militao, David Alaba and Antonio Rüdiger recover from injury.
• Xabi Alonso’s squad also features new signing Trent Alexander-Arnold and is in advanced talks to add Álvaro Carreras ahead of next week’s tournament in the United States.