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Alex Kirkland
Rodrigo Faez
Jul 14, 2025, 02:09 PM ET
Real Madrid person signed Benfica left-back Álvaro Carreras, the Spanish nine announced connected Monday.
Carreras, 22, spent 3 years astatine Madrid's academy earlier moving to Manchester United successful 2020.
The defender is Madrid's latest antiaircraft enlistee -- the nine already confirmed the arrival of centre-back Dean Huijsen and right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold -- arsenic they look to physique a new-look backmost enactment up of this summer's Club World Cup successful which they mislaid successful the semifinal to Paris Saint-Germain.
Madrid ended the play without a large trophy for the archetypal clip since 2021, aft finishing arsenic runners-up to Barcelona successful LaLiga, losing the Copa del Rey last and being eliminated successful the Champions League quarterfinals.
Carreras was Madrid's preferred campaigner to fortify astatine left-back, wherever neither Ferland Mendy, who has often suffered from injuries, nor Fran García person convinced past season.
He was a teammate of different Madrid youngster, Raúl Asencio, successful his clip astatine the club's academy, earlier opting to articulation United.
After 4 years successful Manchester, including loans astatine Preston North End and Granada, helium joined Benfica connected an archetypal indebtedness with an enactment to marque the woody permanent.
The Spain under-21 planetary had an outstanding 2024-25 season, making 32 appearances successful Portugal's Primeira Liga, arsenic good arsenic playing 10 times successful the Champions League.
