{"id":60604,"date":"2026-07-25T12:08:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T12:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/60604\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T12:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T12:08:35","slug":"man-utd-romano-drops-bombshell-update-on-ineos-signing-tchouameni-from-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/60604\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd: Romano drops bombshell update on INEOS signing Tchouameni from Real Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fabrizio Romano has confirmed Real Madrid have to raise funds in order to finalise a blockbuster double signing, thus paving the way for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> to land <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/aurelien-tchouameni\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aurelien Tchouameni<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tag\/real-madrid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Real Madrid<\/a> spent most of the early part of the summer window wrapping up free agent coups. Ibrahima Konate and Bernrdo Silva arrived via that manner, while Denzel Dumfries and Marc Cucurella arrived for a combined \u20ac80m.<\/p>\n<p>Those signings were solid if not spectacular, and certainly not what you\u2019d expect from a Real Madrid side desperate to regain their place atop Spanish and European football.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, Los Blancos have now fixed their gaze on bigger prizes, with a double swoop for Rodri and Yan Diomande initiated.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Athletic\u2019s David Ornstein, Real Madrid are now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\/real-madrid-approve-aurelien-tchouameni-sale-man-utd-68m-rodri-joining-from-man-city\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">operating under the assumption they are signing Rodri this summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Manchester City ace dreams of moving to the Bernabeu and per <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MatteMoretto\/status\/2080937920492404808\" target=\"_blank\">Matteo Morreto<\/a>, he\u2019s already agreed personal terms with Jose Mourinho\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/yan-diomande-likeliest-next-club-named-arsenal-liverpool-calls-e100m-real-madrid-bid-psg-agreement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Real have just bid \u20ac100m for Yan Diomande<\/a> and plan to table a new and improved offer after their opening gambit was rejected by RB Leipzig.<\/p>\n<p>Crucially, Diomande has opened the doors to signing for Real after previously signalling his intention to sign for PSG earlier this summer.<\/p>\n<p>PSG have thus far hesitated on paying what Leipzig are demanding, which is between \u20ac120m-\u20ac130m depending on whose report you read.<\/p>\n<p>But to sign both of Rodri and Diomande, Real Madrid must sell a player. That\u2019s according to Fabrizio Romano, and that\u2019s also where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd<\/a> could enter the equation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Want more breaking news and transfer lines from original sources? Add TEAMtalk <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=teamtalk.com\" target=\"_blank\">as a preferred source on Google <\/a>to your favourites list for news you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid must sell before buying Rodri and Yan Diomande<\/p>\n<p>Taking to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_1OaBt6aBoo\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube <\/a>on Saturday morning, he stated: \u201cYan Diomande, Rodri, financially are completely separate topics for Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd in order for these deals to happen, Real Madrid need fresh money, they need outgoings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example if they decide to bring in Rodri, they need to generate money. So we need to understand who could be on the way out of Real Madrid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That player, at least according to The Sun, could be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/aurelien-tchouameni\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aurelien Tchouameni<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 48 hours, they declared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/real-madrid-manchester-united-aurelien-tchouameni-sale-decision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Real Madrid are now willing to sell Tchouameni<\/a>, 26, ahead of Rodri\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, they declared<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/aurelien-tchouameni-manchester-united-real-madrid-transfer-fee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> a deal can be struck by a buying club for \u20ac80m \/ \u00a368m<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd have banked Andrey Santos and Youri Tielemans so far, but intend to add one more midfielder to complete their rebuild in central areas.<\/p>\n<p>Tchouameni is widely known to be United\u2019s dream target, and if Real Madrid are to sign Rodri and Diomande, Tchouameni may well wind up at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/watkins-fears-ramp-up-man-utd-bid-villa-close-jackson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watkins fears ramp up with Man Utd approach expected as Aston Villa close in on record deal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fabrizio Romano has confirmed Real Madrid have to raise funds in order to finalise a blockbuster double signing,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1706,2531,1707,82,263,4298,100,83,2691,1708],"class_list":["post-60604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-all-the-news","tag-aurelien-tchouameni","tag-front-page","tag-madrid","tag-manchester-united","tag-popular","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\/60604","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=60604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}