Having made significant progress in the early weeks of the new summer transfer window, Real Madrid are now staring at a situation where they cannot make a signing unless they sell big. After all,

Manchester United will pocket a significant bonus after Real Madrid completed the long-awaited €50 million (£42m/$57m) signing of Alvaro Carreras.

The Spaniard is a liability defensively, though, and has struggled against top opponents in Europe. The most recent example came when Real Madrid played PSG in the Club World Cup semifinals, and he was outclassed by Achraf Hakimi and Désiré Doué.

Real Madrid have secured their third defensive signing of the summer transfer window as Alvaro Carreras arrives.Benfica have relented in their battle to keep the Spanish left-back after including him