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Hello and welcome to the Real Madrid transfer news and rumours of the day! Here are the top stories of the day surrounding the Galacticos!
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Sterling to Madrid
Former Chelsea star Chris Sutton has claimed that Real Madrid should opt for Raheem Sterling instead of Eden Hazard. According to him, the Englishman is a world-class player who has the ability to do almost anything with the ball.
Sutton praised Sterling's passing, movement and finishing and questioned as to which defender would want to face someone as good as him.
“You have to say that Raheem Sterling is now world class,” the pundit wrote.
“If you were Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane, surely you would want to buy him over Eden Hazard. Is there anything Sterling cannot do?
“His weight of pass is superb, his movement off the ball is lethal and he has become deadly in front of goal.
“What defender in the world would want to face Sterling in this form?”
He then added that Sterling is so good that he is always going to beat his opponent and that his current performances with England are a testament to the fact that he can do well in the international arena.
He concluded by stating that if he was the one making the decisions at Real Madrid, he would have attempted to sign the superstar who plies his trade for Manchester City.
“It doesn’t matter if you take him on or back off — either way he will destroy you. He is still just 24 and improving year on year. His wonderful performances for England in the last two games have confirmed that he can thrive on the international stage.
“Sterling is one of the hottest properties in world football. If I was Real Madrid, I’d be making him my No 1 target.”
Salah to Madrid
Journalist Ian McGarry has claimed that Mohamed Salah might not be interested in going to Real Madrid just yet. The Merengues have been linked with the Egyptian for a while now but McGarry doesn’t think that the Liverpool star would want to move.
While he did not claim that the player would never play for Madrid, Salah’s frosty relationship with Sergio Ramos after the Champions League final of 2018 might make the former Roma star a bit reluctant to team up with the Real Madrid captain at the Bernabeu.
“I’m not saying he’ll never play for Real Madrid because I am sure he is a player they’d be interested in,” McGarry told the Transfer Window podcast.
“But after the street-like mugging he suffered at the hands of Sergio Ramos in the Champions League final, I think as long as Ramos is at the club, Salah will feel a little bit inhibited with regards to joining them.”
Neymar
Father and agent of PSG star Neymar has revealed that his son won’t be leaving the Parisiens. He stated that the former Barcelona star has been the subject of such stories ever since he was 17.
However, he has only moved clubs twice. His father also added that the Brazilian is in talks with the club regarding an extension.
"It is very unlikely that he will leave the club. Neymar's name is always on everyone's lips during every transfer window. It means nothing, this has been the case since he was 17 years old but in actual fact, he has only moved club twice in his career.
"Two signings and 10 years of speculation.
“He has still got three years remaining on his contract and we are in the process of holding talks regarding a new deal."
Mbappe
Another PSG player that is on the radar of Real Madrid is Kylian Mbappe. The Frenchman has been vehemently linked with the Blancos but it seems like the move might not happen after all.
An internal source of PSG said: “We have two [Neymar and Mbappe] of the top five players in the world, and in addition, he [Mbappe] is the youngest, we will do everything to keep them as long as possible.”
Meanwhile, another report claims that the Frenchman has agreed to move to the Bernabeu in the summer but is demanding a ridiculous wage of €40 million-a-year. If Madrid agree to pay that much, then he would become the highest-paid player at the Santiago Bernabeu.
The report concludes by saying Perez is ready to pay him that much to comply with Zidane’s wishes.
