Real Madrid saw out the January transfer window without any addition to their roster due to the transfer ban on the club. The European champions were originally barred from registering new players for two transfer windows by FIFA, due to irregularities in the club’s signing of young players, meaning Zinedine Zidane would have had to wait until January next year to add new faces to his squad. However, following an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), Madrid’s transfer ban was halved, enabling them to bolster their squad in the upcoming summer transfer window.
While Zidane’s Madrid are at the top of the La Liga currently, there have been plenty of areas of concern on the pitch for the Frenchman. His compatriot and Madrid striker Karim Benzema is looking a pale shadow of his past in recent weeks, whereas right-back Danilo keeps highlighting what a poor signing he was with poor performances week after week. Cristiano Ronaldo too has found it hard to score consistently, making goals harder to come by for the Los Blancos. And with Pepe set to depart, a place also opens up in the defence.
So, ahead of what will most likely be a summer of huge investment and rebuilding at the Santiago Bernabeu, we give you three players that Madrid should most certainly look to sign:
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
It is no hidden fact that Aubameyang wants to be a Galactico. The Borussia Dortmund striker has time and again expressed his desire to move to the Spanish capital and play for the Merengues and last week even went on record saying that, he will leave the Signal Iduna Park in the upcoming transfer window.
The Gabon international scored 39 goals last season for BVB and has already been on target 20 times this term. With Benzema going through somewhat of a rough patch in recent times, it gives the scope of having another star striker in the ranks who will be able to deliver on a regular basis and Aubameyang could be that man for Madrid.
He will be 28 years old when the transfer window will open in July, and he is at the top of his game currently and it should be the perfect moment for both the player and the club to join hands. This deal has the potential to be a hugely successful one and Real should go for it without a doubt.