Spanish sports newspaper Marca has claimed Real Madrid are preparing a bid for 23-year-old Porto defender Danilo Luiz da Silva. The young Brazilian is having an amazing season at the Portuguese club and has caught the attention of Los Blancos.
Real directors are willing to let Alvaro Arbeloa go next summer and have started looking for a younger right-back who can replace Daniel Carvajal when necessary.
There have been rumours of Madrid eyeing Juventus’ Stephan Lichtsteiner and Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Tony Jantschke, but Danilo is the first man who actually fulfils Los Blancos requirements.
He is a young talented player with three years of experience in European football and one of the biggest prospects of Brazil. He is seen as the Dani Alves of the future, and in fact he has already made 11 appearances for Brazil’s national team.
The main problem, as usual, is that he would cost more than 20 million euros, according to Marca. There is little chance Florentino Perez will agree to spend that amount in a defender who will spend most of the time sitting on the bench, given that Carvajal would presumably remain as the starting right-back.
Yet, Perez could try to include Casemiro in the deal. The midfielder is now playing at Porto on loan from Los Blancos, and the Portuguese side are willing to keep him. Including him in the transfer could cheapen the deal at least by 10 million.
Danilo has made 51 appearances for Porto, scoring three goals. Before that, he spent two years at Santos, where he scored ten goals in 87 games.
