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Replace David Alaba

Statistically similar 2025/26 players based on per-90 output, defensive activity, role group and tactical fit. Estimated fees are not official market values — model-derived estimates from public football data.

What Real Madrid would lose

Profile being replaced — public football data, model-derived role scores.

Goals

0

Assists

0

G+A

0

Shots

4

SoT

1

Crosses

0

Fouls won

0

Tackles won

4

Interceptions

0

Attack

0

Creation

0

Progression

44

Role score

27

Transfer fit

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Aston Villa · Premier League · Center Back · Age 29

Strong stylistic match (85.67139812346696%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+30); 4 years younger.

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Oviedo · La Liga · Center Back · Age 32

Strong stylistic match (84.33478264184565%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+29); cheaper by ~€2.3M; 1 years younger.

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West Ham United · Premier League · Center Back · Age 29

Strong stylistic match (87.24186575763791%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+15); 4 years younger.

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Paris Saint-Germain · Ligue 1 · Center Back · Age 32

Strong stylistic match (83.05619201125457%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+30); 1 years younger.

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Antonio Rüdiger

Real Madrid · La Liga · Center Back · Age 33

Strong stylistic match (83.720457439374%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+20).

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St Pauli · Bundesliga · Center Back · Age 32

Strong stylistic match (78.75983825854416%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+49); cheaper by ~€1.7M; 1 years younger.

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Burnley · Premier League · Center Back · Age 27

Strong stylistic match (83.46688207527195%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+40); 6 years younger.

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West Ham United · Premier League · Center Back · Age 28

Strong stylistic match (82.58820814204714%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+33); 5 years younger.

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Leandro Cabrera

Espanyol · La Liga · Center Back · Age 34

Strong stylistic match (82.23914250709998%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+21); cheaper by ~€2.2M.

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Bafodé Diakité

Bournemouth · Premier League · Center Back · Age 25

Strong stylistic match (82.9262446458299%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+39); 8 years younger.

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Lisandro Martínez

Manchester Utd · Premier League · Center Back · Age 28

Strong stylistic match (81.82959977170812%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+34); 5 years younger.

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Paris FC · Ligue 1 · Center Back · Age 22

Strong stylistic match (85.99474223648063%); tactical fit is workable; upgrade on role score (+27); 11 years younger.

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Milan · Serie A · Center Back · Age 26

Strong stylistic match (85.33142199477969%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+18); 7 years younger.

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Matthijs de Ligt

Manchester Utd · Premier League · Center Back · Age 26

Strong stylistic match (81.29712058956036%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+42); 7 years younger.

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St Pauli · Bundesliga · Center Back · Age 33

Strong stylistic match (76.99406815793509%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+43); cheaper by ~€2.4M.

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Heidenheim · Bundesliga · Center Back · Age 31

Strong stylistic match (78.2660067520952%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+42); cheaper by ~€600K; 2 years younger.

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Metz · Ligue 1 · Center Back · Age 34

Reasonable profile overlap (74.6401858664623%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+58); cheaper by ~€2.9M.

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Virgil van Dijk

Liverpool · Premier League · Center Back · Age 34

Strong stylistic match (79.87705260358577%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+23).

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