Looking ahead: Real Madrid will apply Mbappe's recipe on Hakimi

The full-back's contract expires that year, and several European giants, such as City or Madrid, are attentive to his situation, aware that PSG, who want to renew him, does not want to transfer him.

Reports about Achraf Hakimi (25 years old) are beginning to surface in France, especially regarding his interest in leaving Paris Saint-Germain this year, with Real Madrid as his preferred destination since he was raised in their academy and was part of the first team for a season (2017/18), in which he won the Champions League. However, the Spanish-Moroccan player does not plan to leave PSG from June onwards, and he intends to fulfil his contract with the Parisian club, which binds him until 2026.

What happens after that date is another story. PSG intends to renew Achraf, for whom they paid $70 million to Inter Milan in 2021; Madrid had transferred him to Inter a year earlier for $44 million. The club has already communicated to the right-back's representatives the intention to discuss a new contract, but that's as far as negotiations go. There have been no meetings on this matter. He also did not request to leave PSG, as has been reported from France. Last year, there were doubts due to the turbulent situation the club was experiencing, but Luis Enrique's arrival cleared that up.

Los Blancos are keen on doing the same as they've done with Kylian Mbappe. Express their interest and wait until the player has entered final months of his contract before swooping in and offering the contract without paying an excessive transfer fee to the French club.

What is true is that several European clubs are attentive to his situation. Starting with Real Madrid, especially considering that the next few years will be those of renewal at right-back, as Lucas Vázquez's contract expires in June and Dani Carvajal (32 years old) does so in 2025. The great season that 'Carva' is having, now that he has overcome his string of injuries, suggests that he can continue at his best beyond that date. Hence, 2026 could be the ideal time for a suitable right-back replacement at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Another interested club is Manchester City under Guardiola, which actually inquired about Achraf last year in light of Kyle Walker's near departure to Bayern. The Citizens will also have to undertake renewal in that position, and the Moroccan international is the favourite on their agenda. And there are other interested parties, but the list of clubs that can pursue Achraf's signing is very limited, given that the emoluments he already receives at PSG are significant. According to L'Equipe, his annual salary exceeds $13 million.

He's the champion of Italy, a big-money recruit for the Parisians, but he only has eyes for Real Madrid

But that decision will come in 2026, according to the current idea of ​​the player and his entourage. Until then, he wants to continue succeeding at PSG, where he has already won two Ligue 1 titles and two French Super Cups, although he is still chasing the Champions League, which he did achieve at Real Madrid. His time in France has undoubtedly increased his value: he is the second-highest valued right-back on Transfermarkt, valued at $70 million, surpassed only by Trent Alexander-Arnold, valued at $76 million.

A future at Real Madrid has always been among Hakimi's goals, as he revealed in an interview in 2019 when he was still on loan at Borussia Dortmund.

"I'm not going to lie. Of course, I would like to succeed there. I grew up at Madrid, it's my home and I would like to grow there, but if not, I will try to succeed elsewhere."

Whatever happens, the goal is for it to happen in 2026, although this year, everything indicates that his best friend in the PSG dressing room, none other than Mbappe, will go there ahead of him.