Real Madrid have activated Dean Huijsen’s £50m release clause and are set to beat Chelsea and Liverpool to the signing of the Bournemouth centre-back. The 20-year-old defender has quickly evolved into one of the Premier League's stand-out centre-halves, and this year made his international debut for Spain, having switched from the Netherlands.

Real Madrid's pursuit of Bournemouth centre-back Dean Huijsen has been described as a "done deal" in Spain, which could signal a swift end to the summer's most-talked about transfer sagas.

Dean Huijsen is set to get his dream move to Real Madrid after just one season in the Premier League, starring for Bournemouth and convincing Los Blancos to pay his £50million buy-out clause