Florentino Perez is already off to an insane start to the summer 2026 transfer window. He has already confirmed Jose Mourinho as his new coach, as well as former Liverpool star Ibrahima Konate as a world-class free agent signing to the central defense. Denzel Dumfries will be on his way next at right back after Fabrizio Romano's confirmation, and there are so many other great midfielders and defenders on Real's radar like Alessandro Bastoni, Josko Gvardiol, and Enzo Fernandez.
Real Madrid are still hard at work lining up an impressive wish list of players, and Real Madrid fans will love the heat Enrique Riquelme is putting on Flo with huge proclamations of crazy moves like Erling Haaland from Manchester City since that will only push Perez to make even bigger moves.
According to the latest information from Onda Cero's Alberto Pereiro, via the Madrid Zone, Florentnio Perez has two more huge dream signings on his wish list for Real Madrid. One of them is a name frequently linked to the club in Gvardiol, and the other has also been linked but less frequently because he would be an even harder signing to make: Joao Neves of defending Champions League winners PSG.
Joao Neves is not as impossible as it seems for Real Madrid
Neves's move to Paris has been huge in getting PSG to the summit of European football, as the Portuguese international is the perfect defensive midfielder. He is a nasty player with prolific passing ability, technical ability, and a scoring touch while still being the best pure defensive midfielder in the world, comparable to what Casemiro was for Real Madrid. Neves rarely makes a mistake, regularly puts in 9 of 10 performances, and works as hard as three great players on the pitch to make the likes of Vitinha and Fabian Ruiz shine that much more in the middle of the park.
Per Pereiro, Florentino thinks Joao Neves is the missing piece that Real Madrid need to get back on top of Europe, just as he proved to be that special piece for PSG. Neves is reportedly Florentino Perez's absolute favorite target, and he is willing to make substantial sacrifices to the squad to move the mountains that would bring him to the team.
Since Neves has won back to back Champions League titles and plays for PSG, who never negotiate with Real Madrid these days, this is an insane dream signing no doubt. But Neves's agent is Jorge Mendes, the very same super agent of Cristiano Ronaldo and Jose Mourinho who moves mountains. Mendes and Madrid are back on great terms after facilitating the Mourinho reunion to the Santiago Bernabeu, and these three entities are said to be working on transfers for Mendes's best players that Mourinho wants. If there were ever a team to steal Neves, it could be now.
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