It's not Julián Álvarez, the Argentine star that Real Madrid wants for 2024

Since the departure of Karim Benzema to Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia, Real Madrid began the search for a new center forward for his team. The 'whites' greatest wish was always to hire Kylian Mbappé, one of the most important stars in the world, who has always been a Merengue fan since he was little. However, he is still linked to PSG and his arrival in Madrid will be quite complicated.

For this reason, throughout the last transfer markets, one of the names that interested Real Madrid was none other than Julián Álvarez. The current Manchester City forward has just become a world champion with the Argentine National Team in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and in addition, his constant growth in Josep Guardiola's team has made Carlo Ancelotti set his sights on him to be one of the next 'Galácticos' of Real Madrid.

Meanwhile, in Spain they were able to deal correctly with Joselu, a 33-year-old Spanish forward who arrived at the White House in this past transfer market, as a loaned player, from Espanyol. However, thinking about 2024, they revealed that the Merengue board would be analyzing going for another growing Argentine star, who plays in that country's First Division.

The Argentine figure that Real Madrid would sign

According to information from the partisan media Defensa Central, Florentino Pérez would have started with the mission of signing Valentín Barco, a left back who is only 19 years old and is a starter at Boca Juniors. For several Argentine media, 'Colo' is one of the most interesting projects on the entire continent in South America and its exit clause is only 10 million euros. “Juni Calafat, Real Madrid's scouting manager, is the one who is following him very closely”, the outlet states.