How David Alaba will help Real Madrid next season, despite being on a crazy salary
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As both Real Madrid and Barcelona navigate a cold financial landscape as they emerge from a cocooned, transferless COVID-19 world, they may look back on this upcoming window as the summer of free agent signings. That is how it’s started, anyway. Barcelona are closing on free agent Sergio Aguero, and possibly Memphis Depay and Georginio Wijnaldum — both on the back of expiring contracts. Real Madrid just signed David Alaba whose contract with Bayern Munich ran its course. Real Madrid will also ‘welcome’ back seven players whose loan contracts expire on June 30th. Of course, what happens to them next season is still up in the air, but at the very least, there will be a pit stop at Valdebebas until their futures are sorted out. Given the difficult financial gymnastics involved in signing stars this summer, the club will have to consider at least some of those seven as possible reinforcements for the 2021 - 2022 season.