Real Madrid transfer news: Florentino Perez completes the deal to sell Isco and more - December 20, 2018

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#3 Icardi

Mauro Icardi is among those players that have been consistently linked with a move to Real Madrid over the last few months. The Argentine is reportedly being eyed as one of the options to improve their scoring side of the game.

And in what could be great news for the Blancos, Icardi’s wife and agent Wanda Nara has revealed that Icardi is very far away from signing a new deal with Inter Milan. She also added that there are yet to take place between her and the club.

“We are very far, or rather, we are not as close,” Nara said.

“I have to sit down and talk and I have not done it yet, which has been written.”

She then hinted that Icardi has interest from other clubs, stating that stories of Icardi not having any suitors amuse her while also adding that Inter wanted to sell him to Juventus but the Argentine rejected the option.

“It makes me laugh when I hear that Icardi has no market, I think Inter can pay for the renewal, the priority is to stay in the Nerazzurri, obviously.”

“In the last market he had a foot outside,” she revealed.

“Inter wanted to send him to Juventus. It was Mauro who refused, to stay at Inter; he refused even more money.”

Finally, she also confirmed that the Old Lady tried to persuade her to convince Icardi to join Cristiano Ronaldo at Juventus to become his partner in attack.

“Juventus tried to convince me he would team up with Ronaldo, and he finally came in. They told me that Icardi would be the only number nine.”

#2 Isco interest from City

Isco doesn't have City interest

The opposite of this has been doing the rounds for a while and now, a report from Evening Standard states that Isco is not attracting the interest of Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.

According to the report, Manchester City manager has not made Isco his priority signing for next season. The Spanish midfielder has seen himself fall down in the pecking order at the Bernabeu, finding it hard to earn minutes under Solari.

As a result, there is a chance that the former Malaga man leaves Madrid. While the midfielder has a contract that runs until 2022, he is considering the option to quit the Bernabeu.

While City might not be interested in him – they are eying the likes of Frenkie De Jong and Tanguy Ndombele – Arsenal and Chelsea have him on their radar.

It seems as though the Spaniard might just indeed leave somewhere down the line.

#1 Isco to Chelsea and Mourinho to Madrid

Mourinho off to Madrid?

And so here we are with Isco again. The earlier story suggested that Manchester City are not interested in Isco. This one, meanwhile, is in line with it. According to Don Balon, Florentino Perez has sealed the deal to sell Isco.

As mentioned earlier, Isco’s lack of chances this season is pushing him out of the club. As a result, Chelsea have made Isco their primary objective. The idea is that Perez will use either him as a barter tactic to bring in Eden Hazard.

Meanwhile, El Pais have put more fuel to the Mourinho to Madrid stories. The report states that Real Madrid want to bring Jose Mourinho back to the Bernabeu. As a result, they have made contact with the former Chelsea manager.

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