{"id":132933,"date":"2025-06-13T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/mastantuono-is-now-real-madrid-player-it-cost-more-than-expected_313058_102\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:42:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:42:31","slug":"mastantuono-is-now-real-madrid-player-it-cost-more-than-expected_313058_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/transfers\/mastantuono-is-now-real-madrid-player-it-cost-more-than-expected_313058_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Mastantuono is a Madrid player: it cost more than expected"},"content":{"rendered":"
The uncertainty is over. Real Madrid<\/strong> has made official through its information channels the signing of the Argentine jewel Franco Mastantuono<\/strong>, who signed a contract for six seasons, until 2031<\/strong>. The agreement will come into effect on August 14.<\/p> Comunicado Oficial: Mastantuono.#RealMadrid<\/a> | #WelcomeMastantuono<\/a><\/p> \u2014 Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) June 13, 2025<\/a> <\/blockquote> <\/div> As confirmed by River Plate<\/strong>, the Chamart\u00edn team will pay an amount well above the \u20ac45 million<\/strong> that was in the termination clause. The total operation amounts to \u20ac63.2 million<\/strong> ($72.6 million), distributed as follows:<\/p> With these numbers, the transfer of Mastantuono<\/strong> becomes the most expensive transfer in the history of Argentine football.<\/p> THE TOP 10 MOST EXPENSIVE TRANSFERS IN ARGENTINE FOOTBALL<\/strong><\/p> Unlike other recent additions to Real Madrid<\/strong>, such as Dean Huijsen<\/strong> (2030) or Trent Alexander-Arnold<\/a> (2031), Mastantuono<\/strong> will not play in the FIFA Club World Cup 2025<\/a> with the ‘merengues’, but he will with River Plate<\/strong>. The Argentine team has already included him in the list of players called up for the competition, which will mark his official farewell to the ‘millionaire’ team.<\/p> Once his participation in the Club World Cup<\/strong> with ‘La Banda’ is over, Mastantuono<\/strong> will immediately join the dynamics of Real Madrid<\/strong> under the direction of Xabi Alonso<\/strong>, who is already configuring the squad for the future. This rules out the option of the attacking midfielder\/right winger remaining for another year at River<\/strong>, as happened at the time with Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez<\/strong> or ‘Diablito’ Echeverri before joining Manchester City<\/strong>.<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Franco Mastantuono is now a Real Madrid player: River confirms a record deal that far exceeds expectations The uncertainty is over. Real Madrid has made official through its information channels the signing of the Argentine jewel Franco Mastantuono, who signed a contract for six seasons, until 2031. The agreement will come into effect on August […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":355,"featured_media":132935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_nextfly_llmd_date_locked":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,449],"tags":[261],"class_list":["post-132933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transfers","category-transfers-2","tag-football-transfer-rumors"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Madrid pays more than the clause: \u20ac63.2 million for River Plate talent<\/h2>
Mastantuono will play the Club World Cup with River Plate<\/h2>

After the World Cup, he will join the white team under the orders of Xabi Alonso<\/h2>