Real Madrid has a transfer problem. The club can only sign Europeans

La Liga rules allow only three players who do not have EU passports. At Real Madrid, those places are already strictly occupied by Militao, Rodrigo and Vinicius. And none of them will receive a second citizenship until January, writes Marca

And the club also owns young Japanese Kubo and Brazilian Reinier, who are moping around on rentals.

That said, Real Madrid needs a strong striker who can replace Benzema. And now the search is limited. One option was Gabi Jesus from City - but you can't have the Brazilian. There were other candidates - but they didn't fit the club's philosophy. Vinicius could have had a Spanish passport by now, but the process was delayed by the pandemic

And yet there is a loophole. In fact, the La Liga limit applies only to Latin Americans and Asians. Russians, Turks and African countries, for example, are not subject to the limit. Time to take a closer look at the Russian kid at Fiorentina