The royal is in trouble. Diomandi puts Peres in front of a “thorny folder”.

Real Madrid are embroiled in a complex administrative crisis over the completion of a deal for 19-year-old Ivorian Yann Diomande as the club threaten to exceed the maximum number of players set by Spanish league regulations, leaving club president Florentino Perez with an urgent dilemma that requires quick solutions before the transfer window closes.

According to Spain’s Mundo Deportivo, Real Madrid’s seemingly straightforward summer transfer market strategy has hit a major organizational hurdle as the club’s signings this summer included Cucurella, Dumfries, Bernardo Silva and Konate, in addition to the so far unofficial deal with Diomande, allowing more than 2 players. the rules of the competition.

The biggest problem is that all the current players refuse to leave the team, despite the presence of some of them outside the accounts of the technical staff, with the Frenchman Eduardo Camavinga representing the most obvious example of this crisis, as the coach Jose Mourinho has openly informed him that he will not get a chance to play if he decides to stay, but the Frenchman’s aim is to keep him in the team. in the plans of the Portuguese coach, and for whom the club tried for weeks to find a way out, in vain.

Given this impasse, which is not unusual for Real Madrid in recent years, the club does not rule out resorting to controversial solutions it has implemented in the past, notably the sale of 50% of the rights of certain players, which was used during the transfer of Fran García to Real Betis. It has also allowed players such as Alvaro Rodríguez, currently at Bournemouth, and Mario Gila, who recently joined AC Milan, to save space in the first team while retaining future financial income from those deals.

Another option is to include under-23 players on Real Madrid Castilla’s reserve team roster, as was the case last season with Argentine Franco Mastanto, who, despite never playing for the second team, earned a place on the first team roster in return for wearing the unusual number 30.

Perez is racing against time to resolve this thorny issue, as Real Madrid’s management must make an exceptional effort to not miss the opportunity to sign new players and for the team to have a competitive and balanced squad that will meet the regulations at the start of the new season.