The verbal agreement between Alphonso Davies and Real Madrid puts one player in the hot seat: Mendy or García, one of the two will have to leave.
Alphonso Davies arrives. The agreement concluded between the player and the Madrid club was revealed yesterday by Marca, by the editor-in-chief of this daily, José Felix Diaz. It is now this same source who persists and signs today, affirming that the most likely signing of the Canadian will push a Real Madrid player towards the exit.
Because it is obvious that Real Madrid will not start its 2025-26 season with three left-backs in its squad. The arrival of Davies will inevitably cause a victim: Ferland Mendy, or Fran Garcia. One of the two will have to leave the locker room, a question of space and mathematical logic.
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To date, the theory would be that the Spaniard is the most likely to jump into this 3-way move, given his low protagonism since returning to the club. Fran García is in his second season in the first team, having been re-signed following his three seasons at Rayo Vallecano. Except that his recent contribution (12 matches since the start of the season) is increasingly important, to the point of even starting to seriously overshadow the usual indisputable starter, Ferland Mendy.
Mendy, who has been struggling in recent months. The one who was always saved by his defensive solidity has lost his bite, to the point that Ancelotti, his lifelong ally, the one who asked for him to stay last summer, is also starting to doubt. Moreover, the extension of the Frenchman, whose contract is due to expire on June 30, 2025, has never yet been made official. Proof that the club has doubts and prefers to wait before deciding.
Both Fran and Ferland are highly sought-after players on the market, with their very attractive profiles for many other big teams. Real Madrid will therefore proceed in this way: see how each performs until the end of the season, then listen to the intentions of each, and make a choice. But whatever happens, one of them will leave if Alphonso Davies arrives.
As everyone knows, in recent years it is never easy for a player to admit that he wants to leave Real Madrid with a valid contract. Beyond Bale, Hazard and others, the latest example at the defender position is that of Vallejo who, since the start of the season, has only played 15 minutes against Alavés, although he had been widely warned before the start of the season that it was going to count for little…
