Real Madrid MARCA spot the defender en route

Real Madrid's first incoming of the summer has touched down in the Spanish capital ahead of his jump from Atletico Madrid.

Theo Hernandez arrived from his Las Vegas holidays at Barajas-Adolfo Suarez airport on Monday at 21:00 CET after a brief stopover in London.

It's expected that Los Blancos will unveil the left-back as their latest addition on either Friday or Saturday, with Hernandez expected to make a whistlestop trip to the Balearic Islands in the meantime.

For some time now, Theo's name has been very strongly linked with the LaLiga champions and he will become the first man to swap Atleti for Real in 15 years.

After the poor time Fabio Coentrao had in backing up first choice left-back Marcelo, Hernandez arrives to challenge the Brazilian from day one and provide proper competition among Zinedine Zidane's oft-rotated XI.

Florentino Perez soon hopes to personally present the newboy before Madrid head out on their tour of the United States.