Real Madrid on the verge of finalising double deal with Alvaro Arbeloa’s Fulham | OneFootball

The next few days will be very busy for Real Madrid, as they look to continue finalising deals before the start of the 2026-27 season. They are closing in on Yan Diomande, while a deal for Rodri is also being worked on – and this is also the case with exits, with multiple players expected to depart before the transfer window closes.

Two of those players look set to reunite with Alvaro Arbeloa at Fulham. In the last couple of weeks, the Premier League side have registered their interest in Cesar Palacios and Gonzalo Garcia, and after talks with Real Madrid were opened earlier this week, it’s now been reported by Ramon Alvarez de Mon that an agreement to take both players to Craven Cottage is close.

Palacios was always expected to leave this summer as he was not in Jose Mourinho’s plans for the upcoming season, especially as he is too good to go back to Castilla. Serie A side Como have also been after him, although it does appear that he will continue his career in the Premier League with Arbeloa and Fulham.

Real Madrid ready to sell Gonzalo despite Mourinho resistance

However, it is the Gonzalo agreement that is more advanced at this stage. Upon being announced as Fulham’s manager earlier this month, Arbeloa quickly made the striker one of his leading targets, and despite Mourinho asking Real Madrid not to sell him this summer, an agreement to take him to London is on the verge of being agreed.

It will be interesting to see how much Real Madrid end up making from selling Palacios and Gonzalo. It won’t be as much as supporters hope, although that will be offset by the fact that significant sell-on and/or buy-back clauses will be included in the agreements with Fulham, as has been the case with numerous La Fabrica talents that have left in recent years.