Franco Mastantuono, a new record in Argentine football »the most expensive U18 transfers are at Real Madrid!
Article by Daniel Scorpie – published on Friday, June 13, 2025, 17:58 / Updated Friday, June 13, 2025 18:00
real madrid will pay a total of 63.2 million euros for the purchase of Franco Mastantuono. The far 17 -year -old right became the most expensive transfer made in the history of Argentina's championship. Already international seniors, he signed a contract until 2031 with Los Blancos and will have a terminal termination clause!
Real Madrid continues to be very active in Mercato. Spain's vice -champion gave another blow, officially announcing the third transfer for the next season. President Florentino Perez confirmed the purchase of Franco Mastantuono, who will turn the major over two months!
Only 45 million go to River Plate for Mattantuono
The club on Santiago Bernabeu will remove 63.2 million euros from accounts, broken down as follows: 45 million will reach River Plate, the termination clause of his contract, 11.8 million as taxes in Spain, 1.4 million to the Association of Footbalists, 0.9 million for AFA funds (Argentinian Federation), 3.6 million in 510/2023 Plus 500,000 euros for other taxes!
Mastantuono debuted to the national team a week ago. Franco entered the match in Chile (1-0), in the preliminaries CM 2026 AMSUD area, instead of Thiago Almada (Lyon) in the 84th minute. And in the next meeting, at 1-1 with Colombia on their own ground, the coach Lionel Scaloni left on the reserve bench.
Franco Mastantuono has 10 goals and 7 assists in 61 matches at River Plate / Photo: IMAGO
Will have a clause of 1 billion euros and salary of 3.5 million
Franco Mastantuono has signaled on a commitment until June 30, 3031, will receive an annual net salary of 3.5 million euros and will have a terminal termination clause of one billion!
The Argentine extreme also shot down the record of the amount paid for the most expensive transfer of an U18 footballer, owned by the Brazilian Endrick, brought last summer with 47.5 million euros from Palmeiras.
Franco Mastantuono ticked his first six minutes in Argentina national in the match with Chile on June 6 / Photo: Imago
Interestingly, the next two players under the age of majority as a purchase amount belong to Real Madrid and are also Brazilians: Rodrygo and Vinicius Junior (both with 45 million euros), transferred from FC Santos in 2019, respectively from Flamego one year earlier.
For the first two summer acquisitions, Real Madrid paid: 59.5 million euros in exchange for Spanish stop Dean Huijsen (Bournemouth) plus 10 million to bring it faster, starting with the World Club Championship 2025, on the English right defender Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool).
