Real Madrid will hope to continue their good start to 2026 after their 5-1 win over Real Betis in La Liga. They face city rivals Atletico Madrid on Thursday, Ja

Gonzalo Garcia scored a brilliant hat-trick - his first La Liga goals - to help Real Madrid thrash Real Betis at the Bernabeu stadium. The 21-year-old forward, playing in the absence of the injured Kylian Mbappe, opened the scoring with a header after 20 minutes, and doubled the lead with a superb volley early in the second half.

Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly pushing Al-Nassr to launch a stunning raid for Antonio Rudiger. The experienced German defender is seeing his contract at Santiago Bernabeu run down and will become a free agent in the summer of 2026 if no extension is agreed.

Real Madrid could end up taking no loan fee for Endrick as part of the agreement that has seen the teenage striker join Lyon for the remainder of 2025–26.

Brazilian forward Endrick took advice from his former Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti before joining French club Lyon on loan for the rest of the season.

Already, less than a week in, over £90million has been spent on new players. The biggest deal so far, Brennan Johnson’s near-£35m switch from Tottenham Hotspur to Crystal Palace, was an intra-Premier League deal, so the net spend is rather lower at £43m.

At a time when Real Madrid are identifying several lacunae in their squad across the field, they are also finding many solutions from their academy La Fabrica.Gonzalo Garcia has emerged as a reliable