{"id":50108,"date":"2026-07-04T11:19:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T11:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/50108\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T11:19:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T11:19:27","slug":"real-madrid-jose-mourinho-crushes-liverpool-and-man-utd-hopes-over-aurelien-tchouameni-as-decision-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/50108\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid: Jose Mourinho crushes Liverpool and Man Utd hopes over Aurelien Tchouameni as decision made"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aurelien Tchouameni<\/a> is now expected to remain at Real Madrid, with new head coach Jose Mourinho making it clear the France international will be given the opportunity to establish himself as a guaranteed starter next season, despite interest from Manchester United<\/a> and Liverpool, TEAMtalk understands.<\/p>\n

The decision represents a significant blow to both Liverpool<\/a> and Man Utd<\/a>, who have been closely monitoring Tchouameni\u2019s situation throughout the summer in the hope that he could become available.<\/p>\n

Real Madrid<\/a> have spent recent months assessing whether they needed to strengthen further in central midfield.<\/p>\n

Chelsea\u2019s Enzo Fernandez and Manchester City\u2019s Rodri were both among the names discussed internally, as Los Blancos considered their long-term options in the position.<\/p>\n

Although Madrid have publicly denied they were pursuing Fernandez<\/a>, TEAMtalk understands that there was contact with the Argentina international\u2019s representatives after club president Florentino Perez included the Chelsea midfielder as part of a potential transfer strategy during his successful re-election campaign.<\/p>\n

However, sources have since made it clear that while Fernandez is regarded as an \u201cexcellent player\u201d, he is no longer viewed as a realistic target. The same now applies to Rodri.<\/p>\n

We understand that Mourinho<\/a> has instead instructed the club to prioritise strengthening in central defence rather than midfield.<\/p>\n

The Portuguese coach believes that Madrid\u2019s resources are better spent on another elite centre-back and, after learning that Manchester City\u2019s Ruben Dias is unavailable<\/a>, the Spanish giants have switched their focus towards Inter Milan\u2019s Alessandro Bastoni and Borussia Dortmund\u2019s Nico Schlotterbeck.<\/p>\n

That change in priorities has effectively ended any possibility of Tchouameni<\/a> being sacrificed to fund a midfield reshuffle.<\/p>\n

Instead, Mourinho is understood to have informed the club that he wants to build around the 26-year-old and finally give him the consistent run of starts he has been searching for at Estadio Bernabeu.<\/p>\n

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Aurelien Tchouameni blow for Liverpool and Man Utd<\/p>\n

TEAMtalk understands that news will come as a major disappointment to both Liverpool and Man Utd<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sources have confirmed that both Premier League clubs have remained in contact with Tchouameni\u2019s representatives throughout the summer and have been kept fully informed of developments surrounding his future.<\/p>\n

Both Premier League clubs were prepared to explore a move had Madrid indicated they were willing to sell.<\/p>\n

However, that scenario now appears increasingly unlikely.<\/p>\n

We understand that all indications now point towards Tchouameni remaining in Madrid \u2013 an outcome that has always been the player\u2019s preferred option.<\/p>\n

The former AS Monaco midfielder has never actively sought an exit and has consistently made it clear he wanted to succeed at Real if given the opportunity.<\/p>\n

With Mourinho now prepared to hand him that chance, the expectation is that Tchouameni will stay and play a central role in Madrid\u2019s plans for the new campaign.<\/p>\n

For Liverpool and Man United, attention is now expected to turn towards alternative midfield targets, although they will stay attentive to Tchouameni should he indeed push to leave.<\/p>\n

READ NEXT: Every completed Real Madrid transfer in summer 2026: Signings, sales, loans<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aurelien Tchouameni is now expected to remain at Real Madrid, with new head coach Jose Mourinho making it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1706,2531,5017,1707,4297,1818,82,263,100,83,2691,1708],"class_list":["post-50108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-all-the-news","tag-aurelien-tchouameni","tag-exclusives","tag-front-page","tag-jose-mourinho","tag-liverpool","tag-madrid","tag-manchester-united","tag-premier-league","tag-real-madrid","tag-spanish-la-liga","tag-transfer-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50108","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=50108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}