Madrid set €60m asking price for Camavinga despite midfielder's insistence on staying

Real Madrid have established a €60m asking price for Eduardo Camavinga this summer, Diario AS reports, as the club reshapes its squad under José Mourinho — despite the 22-year-old midfielder making clear he wants to stay at the Bernabéu.

Camavinga himself has no interest in leaving, a position Sky Germany’s Florian Plettenberg has also stressed, describing the Frenchman as wanting to remain at Madrid “as long as possible.” That disconnect between club intent and player stance is likely to define how this situation develops over the coming weeks.

The distinction worth drawing is between Madrid establishing an internal valuation and a sale actually being in motion. What AS are reporting is an asking price — a floor below which Madrid will not negotiate — rather than a bid received, a buyer identified, or talks at any advanced stage. Camavinga’s camp has publicly signalled he intends to stay, which complicates Madrid’s ability to push any prospective sale through quickly.

The €60m figure also sits in slightly ambiguous territory relative to the broader market. Transfermarkt’s current estimate of Camavinga’s value stands at €50m, and various reports across Spanish and European media have placed Madrid’s internal target anywhere between €55m and €80m. The €60m figure may therefore represent something closer to a compromise threshold than Madrid’s genuine opening position. His contract runs until 2029 with no publicly reported release clause, which hands Los Blancos genuine leverage — they are under no financial pressure to move him at a discount.

Camavinga joined from Rennes in the summer of 2021 for around €35m and was long considered untouchable in Madrid’s long-term planning. That framing has now been quietly set aside, with the club also exploring whether either Camavinga or Aurélien Tchouaméni could be used as part of broader deal structures this summer — a reflection of a wider reassessment of which midfielders fit Mourinho’s model.

Camavinga’s market standing has been materially affected by the last 18 months. He made 35 appearances in 2024-25 but missed a significant portion of the campaign through injury; this season he has managed just 76 first-team minutes across five substitute appearances. SPORT reported that the dip in form and fitness contributed to his omission from France’s 2026 World Cup squad, which further narrows his leverage in any personal negotiation over whether he stays or goes.

A sale at or above €60m would provide Madrid with meaningful financial headroom in a summer where Mourinho’s influence over recruitment is expected to be considerable.