Real Madrid Set to Sign €40m Youngster Odriozola

Real Madrid have announced that they have agreed terms for the transfer of Real Sociedad and Spain youngster Alvaro Odriozola.

Odriozola, 22, has won rave reviews for his displays with the San Sebastian club in La Liga.

His form on either side of defence even led to a surprise World Cup call-up for the full-back from former Roja coach Julen Lopetegui, although successor Fernando Hierro failed to give him a single minute on the field as Spain went out in the last 16.

Lopetegui has now made Odriozola his first signing at Madrid, in a deal estimated to be worth the full value of Odriozola's €40 million release clause.

The youngster, Madrid revealed, will also sign a contract until June 2024 at the Santiago Bernabeu once he has passed medical examinations.