José Mourinho personally insisted on the summer signing of Marc Cucurella from Chelsea this summer and took a leading role in forcing through the transfer.
Madrid have made six first-team signing so far this summer as part of a major rebuild that has followed two seasons without a trophy. In addition to the arrival of Cucurella, Madrid have brought in Bernardo Silva, Ibrahima Konaté, Denzel Dumfries, Carlos Espí and new club-record singing Yan Diomande for a combined total of over €200 million ($230 million)—the most spent by Los Blancos in a single window since 2019.
