Real Madrid have agreed a €10m deal to sell Jacobo Ortega to Strasbourg, with the move described as a record sale for a Madrid academy player who has not made a senior debut. Ortega is 20 years old, and the agreement keeps Real Madrid's future interest alive through a 30% sell-on clause.
Real Madrid's deal terms
Diario AS reported that “€10m has been agreed between the two clubs.” The same reporting says Real Madrid have also retained a 30% sell-on clause, but no buy-back option was included. That leaves Madrid with immediate cash from a player they have not used at first-team level, while Strasbourg get a striker with room to develop.
Why Strasbourg make sense
Strasbourg are not buying from a position of weakness. They finished 8th in Ligue 1 in 2025 and took 53 points from 34 matches, a decent platform for a club that wants to keep moving up. Real Madrid, by contrast, finished 2nd in La Liga in 2025 with 86 points, so the move also shows how far the academy pathway can now stretch before a senior debut arrives.
The record-sale tag is the most striking part, even if it is being framed as a reported claim rather than a settled milestone. Selling a 20-year-old for €10m before a first-team appearance is exactly the kind of deal Madrid will keep looking for, especially when they can still keep 30% of any future sale. Strasbourg now get the gamble, and Madrid keep the upside.
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