Real Madrid has signed defender Dean Huijsen de Bournemouth for about. RS 569 Core.© AFP
Real Madrid signed the Spanish defender Dean Huijsen de Bournemouth on Saturday after agreeing to pay his release costs of 50 million pounds Sterling (approximately Rs 569 crore). The 20 -year -old central rear impressed in his first season in the Premier League after joining Juventus cherries in 2024 for 12.8 million pounds sterling. “Real Madrid and Bournemouth have entered into an agreement for the transfer of player Dean Huijsen, which will be in our club for the next five seasons, from June 1, 2025 to June 30, 2030,” said Los Blancos in a statement.
Bournemouth confirmed that Madrid had “activated a liberation clause of 50 million pounds sterling”, with reports suggesting the old teams of Huijsen, Juventus and Malaga also benefit from the agreement.
Madrid moved quickly to sign the defender in the interests of several Premier League clubs for the Spanish international.
Huijsen will be available for Real Madrid at the Club World Cup in the United States this summer, with his first match against Al-Hilal on June 18 in Miami.
The defender, born in the Netherlands, moved with his family to Spain at the age of five and played at the Youth Academy in Malaga.
Huijsen made his debut in Spain against the country of his birth, helping Roja to defeat the Dutch in March to reach the Final Four of the League of Nations.
Real Madrid has struggled to defend this season, losing 14 games in all competitions and ending without a major trophy.
Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti leaves to take over the Brazilian national team and Xabi Alonso de Bayer Leverkusen should replace him during a summer of change in the Spanish capital.
Huijsen should be joined at Santiago Bernabeu this summer by the English defender Trent Alexander-Arnold at the end of his Liverpool agreement.
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