{"id":3204,"date":"2026-04-22T20:20:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=3204"},"modified":"2026-04-22T20:20:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:20:51","slug":"would-arsenal-and-bvb-also-be-interested-eintracht-frankfurt-reportedly-courting-real-madrid-defender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=3204","title":{"rendered":"Would Arsenal and BVB also be interested? Eintracht Frankfurt reportedly courting Real Madrid defender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\" data-affiliate-button-variant=\"D\">\n<div>\n<p><span>Last year, Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen were said to have already inquired about Valdepenas. According to the latest information, Frankfurt is not alone in the race: Arsenal and AC Milan are also following the file. Eintracht therefore faces strong competition to recruit the former Spanish U19 international.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Valdepenas made his first-team debut in mid-December under former manager Xabi Alonso, starting at left-back in a 2\u20131 win over Alav\u00e9s. He is yet to play another match at the highest level, but is a regular starter for Real&#8217;s second team, who play in Spain&#8217;s third division: he has made 26 appearances and scored two goals for Castilla this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In Frankfurt, the possible departure of Nnamdi Collins this summer could require defensive reinforcement. Under contract until 2030, the 22-year-old player is however considering a transfer. The Premier League would be particularly attentive to his situation; Eintracht is said to be open to a sale, setting a price of around 40 million euros.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen were said to have already inquired about Valdepenas. According to the latest information, Frankfurt is not alone in the race: Arsenal and AC Milan are also following the file. Eintracht therefore faces strong competition to recruit the former Spanish U19 international. Valdepenas made his first-team debut in mid-December [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}