Overview
- Real Madrid activated their low-cost buy-back on Thursday, June 25, reclaiming Nico Paz from Como for roughly €9–10m before opening talks to sell him back.
- Como agreed to a reported €60m package payable in instalments to keep Paz as a permanent player, a structure meant to ease the club’s short-term financial and FFP impact.
- The deal reportedly includes a new, higher buy-back for Madrid next summer, widely reported at about €80m, which preserves Madrid’s long-term control over Paz.
- Paz prefers to stay at Como for regular first-team football rather than return to Madrid this season, a key factor that pushed both clubs toward the current arrangement.
- The operation gives Madrid a large immediate profit compared with the original €6m sale, draws interest away from rivals such as Inter and several Premier League clubs, and highlights how layered clauses and timing rules shape transfers.