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May 17, 2025, 06:01 AM ET
Real Madrid person completed the signing of Bournemouth defender Dean Huijsen, the LaLiga nine person confirmed.
Huijsen has enjoyed a stellar rookie run successful the Premier League aft joining Bournemouth from Juventus and Madrid person swooped to spot disconnected contention for the 20-year-old, agreeing to conscionable his £50 cardinal ($60m) transportation clause truthful helium tin play successful June's Club World Cup.
"The centre-back, who joined the Cherries from Juventus past summer, has been instrumental successful the club's record-breaking campaign, which has seen Andoni Iraola's broadside already interruption their highest points tally successful the Premier League," Bournemouth said successful a statement.
"Everyone astatine AFC Bournemouth is looking guardant to moving with Dean for the remaining 2 games of the Premier League season, earlier helium embarks connected the adjacent measurement of his career."
Madrid confirmed Huijsen volition articulation the nine connected June 1 successful clip for the Club World Cup.
"Real Madrid C.F. and AFC Bournemouth person reached an statement for the transportation of Dean Huijsen, who volition stay astatine our nine for the adjacent 5 seasons, from June 1, 2025, to June 30, 2030," Madrid said successful a statement.
"At 20-years-old, Dean Huijsen is already a Spanish planetary and has played successful Italy's Serie A with Juventus and Roma, and successful the Premier League with Bournemouth.
"Dean Huijsen has been nominated for the 2024-2025 Premier League Young Player of the Year award."
The Spain international, who made his debut for his state successful March, is Madrid's archetypal signing up of adjacent season. The Spanish giants person been plagued by antiaircraft injuries successful the 2024-25 campaign.
Centre-backs Éder Militão, Antonio Rüdiger and David Alaba person each had extended spells connected the sidelines, on with full-backs Dani Carvajal, Ferland Mendy and Lucas Vázquez.
Speaking astatine a quality league connected Saturday, Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said: "Huijsen is simply a great, young subordinate with a batch of potential. It's a precise bully signing. It's exciting, Real Madrid ever privation to beryllium astatine the apical and they ever volition be. Last twelvemonth [signing a defender] wasn't an option, we had Alaba coming back, Militão fit, Carvajal fit, and during the play those injuries affected us."
Madrid are besides looking to unafraid the accomplishment of full-backs Trent Alexander-Arnold and Álvaro Carreras earlier the Club World Cup, which starts connected June 14, sources person told ESPN.
Xabi Alonso could besides beryllium successful spot arsenic manager by that time, with the Spaniard acceptable to regenerate Carlo Ancelotti.
ESPN reported successful March that Madrid had Huijsen -- who impressed connected indebtedness astatine Roma earlier the determination to England -- arsenic a priority.
Madrid astir signed Huijsen erstwhile helium was a younker subordinate astatine Malaga, but his household preferred him to proceed his improvement successful Italy.
Huijsen, calved successful Amsterdam, has made 29 Premier League appearances this term, scoring 3 times. Chelsea and Arsenal were some linked with the youngster earlier Madrid accelerated their pursuit, and Huijsen -- who credits Sergio Ramos arsenic 1 of his idols -- volition present enactment up successful white.
Information from ESPN's Alex Kirkland contributed to this report.
