{"id":1563,"date":"2025-09-10T15:29:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:29:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:29:23","slug":"real-madrid-eye-bayern-star-upamecano-as-contract-winds-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/10\/real-madrid-eye-bayern-star-upamecano-as-contract-winds-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid eye Bayern star Upamecano as contract winds down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-16.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-16.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-16-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-16-768x513.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to German outlet Bild, Real Madrid are reportedly preparing a move for France international Dayot Upamecano, with the 26-year-old Bayern Munich defender entering the final year of his contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Spanish giants are understood to be monitoring the situation closely, aware that Upamecano could be available for a reduced fee due to his contract status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Known for his pace, physicality and composure on the ball, the French centre-back has established himself as one of Europe&#8217;s most reliable defensive talents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His potential arrival would bolster Real Madrid&#8217;s backline, offering competition and cover across the central defence as they look to maintain their domestic and European dominance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bayern, meanwhile, face the challenge of either negotiating a contract extension or preparing for the prospect of losing a key figure in their defence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the January transfer window coming, Madrid could move quickly to secure the 26-year-old, who is seen as a long-term solution at the heart of their defence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to German outlet Bild, Real Madrid are report [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1565,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563\/revisions\/1565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}