on  june  real madrid exercised its buy-back option on carvajal who became the teams first signing for – for a fee believed to be in the region of € million this was confirmed by bayers director of football rudi völler who stated "real madrid noticed the outstanding performances by dani this season and it was only a matter of time before they exercised their buy-back option" shortly after the move he spoke of his happiness to return thanking the president the fans and the club at a press conference