DOOR SLAMMED: REAL MADRID REJECT ARSENAL AND CHELSEA'S SUMMER MOVES FOR ENDRICK
Real Madrid have blocked Arsenal, Chelsea, and Spurs from signing Endrick. Discover the 2026 plan for his Bernabéu first-team return.
Arsenal, Chelsea, and Tottenham have all been told straight up: Endrick isn’t available this summer. Real Madrid made it clear to his camp he’s coming back to the Bernabeu and joining their first team next season, no exceptions.
Right now, Endrick is finding his feet again at Lyon. He moved to France in January, after a rocky start in Spain, and he’s been working hard to rebuild his confidence and rhythm.
Earlier in the season, things didn’t really click for him under Xabi Alonso at Madrid. He barely played in the first half of the 2025/26 campaign, so Madrid sent him to Lyon to make sure he’d get regular minutes. And honestly? It’s paying off. He’s already notched five goals and an assist in just six games, including a hat-trick against Metz. That explosive talent everyone raved about is starting to show.
Last season, under Carlo Ancelotti, Endrick scored seven times and set up another in 37 games for Madrid. It hasn’t been the smoothest year and a half for him, but clubs keep circling.
West Ham pushed harder than anyone over the past year, making several approaches, but Madrid shot them all down. Now, Arsenal, Chelsea, and Tottenham have all checked in again, trying to see if there’s any chance they can swoop in this summer.
Chelsea’s interest goes way back, even before Madrid snapped him up. Arsenal and Spurs have been keeping tabs since his Palmeiras days.
All three Premier League clubs hoped Madrid might be open to a deal after his loan stint, but that door’s slammed shut. Senior sources insist Endrick is returning to Madrid this summer, and he’s joining the first team for the 2026/27 season. His agent echoed the same thing this week, brushing off doubts about whether Endrick can make it in Spain.
So, Madrid’s stance is pretty final: no Premier League move for Endrick. England’s top clubs will have to look elsewhere while the young striker gets ready for his next chapter in Madrid.
And he’s not the only one coming back. Nico Paz, who’s been turning heads at Como, is also on Madrid’s list. Arsenal, Chelsea, and Spurs like him too, but Madrid sees both Endrick and Paz as part of their long-term plans. They’re bringing Paz back by activating his buy-back clause this summer, and they won’t even consider offers.
REAL MADRID BATTLE LIVERPOOL FOR AZ ALKMAAR'S €75M SENSATION KEES SMIT
Real Madrid are ready to hijack Liverpool's move for Kees Smit while eyeing Roma's Wesley França to replace Dani Carvajal in 2026.
Real Madrid is gearing up to spend big on a talented midfielder, Arne Slot hopes to bring to Liverpool, while also searching for a right-back who can challenge Trent Alexander-Arnold.
The club has moved into the post-Xabi Alonso era with Alvaro Arbeloa as interim manager, and no one’s sure yet who’ll take over next season. Still, Madridise working behind the scenes, planning for the summer transfer window. One name at the top of their list: Kees Smit, AZ Alkmaar’s 20-year-old midfield sensation who’s been lighting up the Eredivisie.
Back in December, we reported that Liverpool is serious about signing Smit in 2026. Slot, a long-time admirer, has followed Smit’s career from early on. But Madrid ais alreadyto make their own move, and Fabrizio Romano has confirmed this interest.
AZ aren’t backing down, either. They want a club-record fee much higher than the €25m they got for Tijjani Reijnders when he left for AC Milan last year. Romano says Smit’s future is in the hands of super-agent Jorge Mendes, and the competition is fierce.
“Jorge Mendes is in control. Real Madrid want him, and so do several Premier League clubs. It’s going to be a huge battle,” Romano said. “AZ and Smit will have a crazy summer. Forty to forty-five million euros won’t be enough. It’ll take big money to get him.”
Graeme Bailey, our insider, shared in December that AZ are already asking for more than €60m for Smit. Some in the Netherlands expect the fee to get close to the €75m Barcelona paid for De Jong back in 2019.
Switching gears, Madrid is also eyeing Roma right-back Wesley Franca. Dani Carvajal, now 34, isn’t expected to renew his contract, so Madrid needs a replacement. Alexander-Arnold hasn’t made the impact they hoped for since joining from Liverpool, so they want real competition at right-back.
Spanish reports say Madrid are ready to offer around €35m for Wesley if Carvajal leaves. Wesley joined Roma last summer and has already shown he can contribute at both ends, with three Serie A goals so far.
IT’S OVER: REAL MADRID OFFICIALLY KILL THE SUPERLEAGUE WITH A HISTORIC UEFA DEAL
The Superleague is dead. Real Madrid has struck a peace deal with UEFA, ending years of legal battles and breakaway threats.
Real Madrid has finally closed the door on the Super League. They struck a deal with UEFA to end the competition for good.
This news comes just four days after Barcelona made it official that they were out, too. For a long time, everyone kind of knew it was coming, but now it’s real. When the Super League first launched, there were 12 clubs on board. That number dropped fast. Soon, only three clubs stuck around, and for the past few years, it’s just been Real Madrid and Barcelona keeping the idea on life support.
Not long ago, in November, Florentino Perez was still out there fighting for the Super League. At the start of this season, A22 (the company organising it all) even pitched a new format with plans to kick off in August 2026. But on Wednesday afternoon, Real Madrid released a statement:
UEFA, European football clubs, and Real Madrid CF have agreed on principles they say will help European club football. They talk about sporting merit, long-term sustainability for clubs, and making things better for fans, especially with new tech. The statement also says this agreement should finally settle all those legal fights about the Super Leaguefans, once everything’s in place.
So, that’s it. The Super League is done. It’s the end of a wild, chaotic chapter in European football. Real Madrid, who really pushed the whole project, actually got some of what they wanted; they forced UEFA to think about money, bigger games, and ways to keep the top teams involved longer. But UEFA still holds the purse strings. The Super League wanted the clubs to control the cash, plus they had big plans for streaming: free-to-air games, paid subscriptions, the whole lot. Now, that’s all history.
And that massive €4.7 billion lawsuit Madrid threatened UEFA with? Looks like that’s over, too. Unlike the English clubs, Barcelona and Real Madrid seem to have dodged the fines UEFA handed out in the early days. So, in the end, the Super League fades away, and European football moves on.