Real Madrid prepares for an intriguing transfer window

Less activity

To elaborate a little more on the last point made, this won’t be a summer for clubs to go out and buy players that could be a good addition, but rather they’ll be looking at affordable deals for players that they absolutely need in the team.

For example, Real Madrid made a very good move in purchasing young players such as Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo Goes, and Reinier Jesus, but we shouldn’t really expect them to be looking to add to their already wealthy young setup this summer.

Personally, I would be surprised to see Los Blancos making any major deals this summer unless it becomes a necessity – which it isn’t now no matter how you look at it.

Swap deals

The best way to move forward for most clubs will maybe have to be through trading players for others.

This way, they don’t have to use much (if any) of their budget while they can use that money for contract negotiations if all goes well. Even though it’s extremely difficult to trade one player for another, it’s important to realize that negotiations will forcibly have to ease during this time.

It will be very interesting to witness if this becomes a habit over the course of the summer window for many clubs that simply won’t have the budget to pay full price for players.

Yes, an agreement could be reached that the transfer fee could be paid in installments but if the next few months are anywhere near as confusing as the past couple, it’ll be hard to estimate when exactly the club will be making profits again.