More details are emerging on the imminent agreement allowing Nico Paz to stay at Como with a valuation of €120m, giving Real Madrid a buy-back option at €80m only for next year.
He has flourished at the Stadio Sinigaglia after coming up through the Real Madrid youth academy, where he was sold two years ago for €6m with a series of clauses.
This included one to buy him back this summer for €9m or retain 50 per cent of the future sale fee, which the Merengues decided to activate yesterday and plan to sell him on to another club.
However, they also gave Como until June 30 to use their priority lane to keep the player, which the Serie A side is eagerly working on to take.
Nico Paz worth €120m to Real Madrid and Como
It is again a complicated and confusing situation, so Diario AS and Sport in Spain tried to clarify.
They state that Nico Paz has been given a valuation of €120m, so by paying €60m it would simply be for Como to purchase the other 50 per cent of the player.
At the same time, Real Madrid would be given another buy-back option worth ‘only’ €80m.
Sky Sport Italia insist that clause is only valid for the summer of 2027, but Real Madrid can still retain a right of first refusal.
The €60m is payable over four years, therefore avoiding Financial Fair Play penalties.
The Spanish sources are also eager to explain that Real Madrid are not in fact activating their buy-back option for €9m at all, they simply informed Como that it was a possibility, giving them time to work out an alternative.
So this is a brand new operation, Como buying 50 per cent of Nico Paz’s contract for €60m, with a new buy-back clause set at €80m.
