20-year-old naturalized international Heysen joins Real Madrid

Recommended Network, May 18th, Real Madrid Club officially announced that 20-year-old naturalized international Heisen officially joined, with a transfer fee of up to 58 million euros, and the two sides signed the contract until 2030. Born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, but grew up in Malaga, Spain. He is 1.97 meters tall. He is an all-round central defender with excellent confrontational ability, return speed, and good ball-out and game reading ability. He started at the Malaga youth training camp, then played for Juventus and Roma, and grew up to be the core of the defense at Bournemouth in the Premier League. In February 2024, after Heysen obtained Spanish nationality, he quickly became the main central defender of the Spanish adult national team.

Although many Premier League teams have offered high salaries to invite him to join, Heisen finally chose to come to the Bernabeu due to his childhood dream of Real Madrid. His joining is Xavi Alonso's first signing after coaching Real Madrid, and it is also an important move in the club's transfer market this summer. Heisen will form a new central defender group with Alaba, Rudiger, Militon and others to protect Real Madrid's penalty area. He will also represent Spain in the 2030 World Cup. Currently, Heysen needs to complete the last two rounds of the Premier League this season, and will then start a new journey of Real Madrid.