The transfer of Bayern's left-back Alphonso Davies is becoming increasingly interesting.
Previously, according to reports from Germany's "Munich Daily" and Spain's "World Sports News," Alphonso Davies was not interested in signing with Real Madrid for free, but rather preferred to sign a five-year contract with Bayern and stay with the team, as the salary offered by Real Madrid was significantly lower than the Canadian's expectations.
However, considering that the Munich Daily leans towards Bayern and the World Sports News leans towards Barcelona, this rumor seemed suspicious from the start, after all, the positions of the two sides determine that one side hopes Bayern does well, while the other side hopes Real Madrid does poorly.
Sure enough, just a few days later, Alphonso's situation changed again, this time unrelated to any football media, but rather when fans at a concert in Dubai discovered that the Bayern full-back was actually there, even more absurdly, the person accompanying him to the concert was not a teammate from Bayern or the Canadian national team, but Real Madrid midfielder Bellingham.
A Canadian and an Englishman, who had never crossed paths before, would actually come together to do personal secret things like watching a concert and touring Dubai together, which is really intriguing.
In fact, Bellingham, who is worth 200 million euros, is not only outstanding on the field, but also a real socialite off the field. Looking at his football career, he dared to reject invitations from major Premier League clubs at the age of 16 and went to Germany alone, to Borussia Dortmund, which is good at using young players, to start his career.
In the following three years, relying on his excellent performance at Dortmund, Bellingham was not short of offers from major clubs, but he remained firm until Real Madrid was willing to offer a price, at which point he happily agreed to join the world's number one club. Obviously, in addition to his own abilities, his talents in player development and commercial value far exceed those of ordinary players.
Previously, it was found that he and another rumored target of Real Madrid, England international Alexander-Arnold, have been getting closer in the national team recently, and even invited the other party to visit Spain. Now he is in Dubai with Alphonso Davies, apparently, this Real Madrid midfield core has already shown a sense of team leadership, starting to contribute to the construction of the future lineup, it can only be said that his worth of 200 million is indeed worthy, Real Madrid has picked up a treasure.
Alphonso's expected salary is between 18 million and 20 million euros before tax, while Real Madrid is currently willing to offer him a salary of 14 million euros before tax, almost equal to Bayern's offer. If Alphonso ultimately prefers to renew his contract with Bayern, then Real Madrid will have to raise its offer, which is equivalent to spending at least 20 million euros more over the next five years.
If Bellingham can persuade Alphonso Davies to join through private socializing, it will undoubtedly allow Real Madrid to capture this tough player and save a lot of costs, and the saved salary will also help them have more leverage to compete for Alexander-Arnold's transfer.
As for Bayern, once Alphonso fails to renew his contract, they can only turn their attention to Serie A, where AC Milan has broken relations with their left-back Theo Hernandez, and as Bayern, which has many French internationals, can gain a lot of advantages in Theo's transfer, Milan will not be too harsh in terms of asking price, and it is likely that a price below 50 million euros will be enough to acquire him.