Theo Hernández has passed a medical revision and has signed a contract committing himself to Real Madrid for the next five seasons. The Atlético de Madrid left-back, currently on loan at Alavés, has elected his future. The defender, who has been deliberating between the Bernabéu and Camp Nou, will announce his decision at the end of May, after the Copa del Rey final between Barcelona and Alavés. Barcelona officials had met with the player’s agent Manuel García Quilón in Soria on 26 April to put forward their offer, conditions which were believed to have been more or less identical to those offered by Madrid. Theo will spend the next five seasons at the Bernabéu, starting off with a 3.5 million euro salary which will be progressively increased over the course of his time at the club.
The 19-year-old passed a thorough examination at the Sanitas-La Moraleja Clinic in Madrid. Now Madrid must stump up his buy-out fee, set at 24 million euros, at the end of the season to complete the operation.