Álvaro Odriozola will wear red until the end of the season. The 24-year-old right-back leaves Real Madrid for Bayern Munich, on loan without a purchase option from the German club, after a season in which he has barely played 440 minutes in five games (four in the League and one in the Champions League). ). Even the Madrid coach, Zinedine Zidane, anticipated his departure this Tuesday at a press conference. “He has an option to leave, but it’s not official yet. We’ll wait,” announced the French coach.
The San Sebastian footballer landed in Madrid in the summer of 2018, after a remarkable campaign with Real Sociedad. The Chamartín club disbursed 30 million euros for a transfer that was called to reinforce the position of the undisputed Dani Carvajal. However, Odriozola has not enjoyed the expected minutes. In total, he has played 2,300 minutes in 27 games, with hardly any continuity. His last league game in white, against Mallorca at Son Moix, was Madrid’s last defeat in all competitions. That meeting ended with the expulsion of the former Real. His defensive difficulties never convinced the three coaches he had at the Bernabéu: Lopetegui, Solari and Zidane.
Odriozola arrives at a Bayern Munich that is second in the Bundesliga with 36 points, four behind Leipzig, who top the table. His direct competition will be Joshua Kimmich and Benjamin Pavard, who have alternated on the right side of the German team. However, Odriozola starts with the advantage of being the only one of the three who naturally plays in that position.