Overview
- Carreras completed his medicals and signed a six-year contract running until June 2031 before being officially presented at Ciudad Real Madrid on July 15.
- Real Madrid will pay €50 million to Benfica in installments for Carreras’s transfer after lengthy negotiations that upheld his release clause.
- The deal makes Carreras the most expensive left-back in LaLiga history, surpassing the previous benchmark.
- A former academy graduate (2017–20), Carreras spent time at Manchester United, Preston North End, Granada and Benfica, where he starred in the 2024–25 season.
- He has joined Xabi Alonso’s preseason squad and will challenge Ferland Mendy and Fran García for the starting left-back role following a defensive rebuild prompted by injuries and the Club World Cup defeat.