Éder Militão, Rodrygo and Ferland Mendy all began Actual Madrid’s 2-0 win over Atalanta in Warsaw within the 2024 UEFA Tremendous Cup. Kylian Mbappé had simply arrived and scored on his debut, and Madrid gave the impression to be getting into one other dominant cycle. The truth that adopted within the subsequent two years was brutal.
In line with Transfermarkt, Militão has missed 90 matches for membership and nation because the begin of the 2024-25 season after struggling ACL accidents in each knees. Over the identical interval, Mendy has handled 9 separate accidents and missed 55 matches for Actual Madrid. Rodrygo has missed 30 matches because the starting of 2024-25 and is presently recovering from an ACL harm of his personal.
Arancha Rodríguez reported that Rodrygo is anticipated to return in early 2027. Militão may very well be again by late September or early October this yr, whereas Mendy’s return is presently projected for across the finish of the yr.
As per Capology, Rodrygo’s fastened gross annual wage, excluding bonuses, is €16.67 million. Éder Militão earns €14.58 million, whereas Ferland Mendy earns €10.42 million. All three contracts run till June 30, 2028.
Collectively, these contracts account for 14.12% of Actual Madrid’s present wage invoice for 2026-27 and 16.13% for 2027-28. The latter determine is of course topic to vary relying on the membership’s switch exercise in the summertime of 2027.
Soccer can change rapidly, however primarily based on the squad because it presently stands, and notably following the arrivals of Yan Diomande, Ibrahima Konaté, Marc Cucurella, Dean Huijsen and Álvaro Carreras, it’s troublesome to see Rodrygo, Militão or Mendy having distinguished roles for the rest of their contracts, even when all three can be found.
Actual Madrid have traditionally dealt with participant contracts with appreciable respect, notably in circumstances involving severe accidents. The membership, for instance, introduced Dani Carvajal’s renewal the day after he suffered an ACL harm. The concept that Madrid would look to terminate contracts merely due to accidents is due to this fact unrealistic.
Rodrygo, Militão and Mendy have all made vital contributions to Actual Madrid’s success, notably through the double-winning campaigns of 2022 and 2024. Their place in that interval of the membership’s historical past is safe. The harder actuality now could be that Madrid could have to hold the monetary weight of these contracts till 2028 whereas receiving comparatively restricted sporting worth in return, primarily based on the gamers’ present stage and their projected roles throughout the squad.
