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Due to Eder Militao’s serious knee injury, Real Madrid could try to take advantage of the next winter transfer window to recruit a central defender. A question addressed by Olocip, a company using artificial intelligence to provide information to clubs. According to its algorithm, the ideal player has been identified.
After that of Dani Carvajalthe Real Madrid must now deal with the serious injury ofEder Militaovictim of a complete rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee last weekend against health (4-0). The recruitment of a central defender from January becomes almost obligatory for the White House. In this sense, artificial intelligence has identified the appropriate profile.
“Boscagli would be the best option”
Indeed, according to the algorithmOlocipwhich uses artificial intelligence to provide information to clubs, “ Olivier Boscagli would be the best option among all central defenders in the database. » The tool is based on the statistics of the defender of the PSV Eindhoven : « His value per 90 minutes should be 0.33, meaning he would contribute to the team scoring or preventing 0.33 goals per game through all of his actions. This represents 1 goal every 272 minutes. Until his injury, Militao had the same average value per game. »
Laporte, Tah and Flamingo as other suggested options
According to Olocip, Aymeric Laporte (30 ans, Al-Nassr) would be ” also an interesting option for Real Madrid. The naturalized Spanish player, currently in Saudi Arabia, would bring a value of 0.32, positioning himself as the second best option for the Real Madrid defense. With the total of his actions (offensive, defensive and construction), he would contribute to Real Madrid scoring or preventing 1 goal every 290 minutes in La Liga. » Olocip also offers two other players Real Madrid with a view to replacing Eder Militao : Jonathan Tah (28 ans, Bayer Leverkusen) et Ryan Flamingo (21 ans, PSV Eindhoven).
Laporte responds to interest from Real Madrid
Aymeric Laporteunder contract until June 2026 with Al-Nassrhas been cited in recent days as a lead in Real Madrid. An interest to which the Spanish international (39 caps) responded in an interview given to the SER Chain : « JI’m not very aware of it. I only read the same thing as you, so there’s no problem. » He still added that he would listen “ obviously » an approach to Real Madridcar « we don’t look down on teams like Real Madrid. »
