Sources told ESPN that all that remains is for the lawyers to give the final go-ahead for the Spain international to become a new Real Madrid player on a five-year contract. ESPN reported in March that Madrid had the 20-year-old defender as a priority to strengthen their defence for next season. Madrid were close to signing Huijsen when he was playing in the youth ranks at Malaga. At the same time, the club has also accelerated negotiations to sign former Manchester United full-back Carreras in a deal that would also cost around €60m ($67m). Carreras is 22 years old and came up through the Madrid youth system, where he played alongside Raúl Asencio, among others.