{"id":4052,"date":"2026-04-14T06:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/4052\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T06:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T06:25:14","slug":"real-madrid-can-sign-schlotterbeck-this-summer-despite-his-new-deal-bayern-cannot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/4052\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid can sign Schlotterbeck this summer despite his new deal, Bayern cannot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/footballtoday.com\/2026\/03\/24\/schlotterbeck-snubs-bayern-liverpool-interest-to-renew-with-borussia-dortmund\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Borussia Dortmund centre-half Nico Schlotterbeck recently signed a new deal that keeps him with the German club until 2031;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Borussia Dortmund centre-half Nico Schlotterbeck recently signed a new deal that keeps him with the German club until 2031&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Borussia Dortmund centre-half Nico Schlotterbeck recently signed a new deal that keeps him with the German club until 2031<\/a>, but the contract has an interesting purchase clause.<\/p>\n<p>A few reports making the rounds reveal that he can still leave Signal Iduna Park this summer, if a top club comes calling.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/2043768970592100831?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Florian Plettenberg;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Florian Plettenberg&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Florian Plettenberg<\/a>, Real Madrid are one of the few clubs that can activate Schlotterbeck\u2019s release clause this summer. The fee is around \u20ac50-60 million.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Bayern Munich are not one of those clubs, despite having monitored his situation for months.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the report mentions that even if the Bavarian giants want him in 2027, Dortmund will still be in control of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Schlotterbeck has caught the eye this season, winning 64% of his aerial and 62% of his ground duels in the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n<p>He has helped his side keep nine clean sheets in 23 appearances while bagging four goals and an assist. His ability to break lines with his passing is remarkable.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, he is a natural-born leader, the type Real Madrid are crying out for at the back.<\/p>\n<p>Los Blancos are poised to lose David Alaba and Antonio Rudiger on a free transfer this summer. Dean Huijsen continues to fight to acclimate himself to the Spanish top flight.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Eder Militao is battling another long-term injury, and Raul Asencio is not good enough to be a starter.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid need a new defensive pillar, and if the opportunity arises, they may pounce on Schlotterbeck.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Bayern look set to miss out.<\/p>\n<p>With Kim Min-jae poised to leave and Jonathan Tah entering the twilight of his career, getting another centre-half this summer is a must.<\/p>\n<p>But they may have to look elsewhere for a new centre-half as it seems BVB fortified Schlotterbeck\u2019s contract to ensure their rivals do not land him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Borussia Dortmund centre-half Nico Schlotterbeck recently signed a new deal that keeps him with the German club until&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1884,1100,88,2965,1882,2967,2423,2724,82,83,2038,2966],"class_list":{"0":"post-4052","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-madrid","8":"tag-antonio-rudiger","9":"tag-bayern","10":"tag-borussia-dortmund","11":"tag-david-alaba","12":"tag-dean-huijsen","13":"tag-florian-plettenberg","14":"tag-jonathan-tah","15":"tag-kim-min-jae","16":"tag-madrid","17":"tag-real-madrid","18":"tag-schlotterbeck","19":"tag-signal-iduna-park"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}