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Benzema to Mbappe: Assessing Real Madrid's transfer plan

The LaLiga season hadn't even finished when Real Madrid's summer transfer business began.

Madrid announced on June 3 that Marco Asensio, Mariano Diaz and Eden Hazard would be leaving the club. A day later -- hours before Madrid's last game of the season against Athletic Club -- Karim Benzema's name was added to that list. Then, 72 hours after the season's end, Borussia Dortmund confirmed that midfielder Jude Bellingham would join Madrid for an initial €103 million fee.