Real Madrid transfer news: Real Madrid eye super-bargain replacement for Benzema who is favourite to join Premier League club and more – January 6, 2019

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#3 Napoli could have signed Ronaldo

Napoli sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli has revealed that the Italian giants could have signed Cristiano Ronaldo in the summer. The Portuguese left Real Madrid for Juventus in the summer transfer window but the Old Lady weren’t the only Italian club that Ronaldo was offered to.

According to Giuntoli, Napoli share a good relationship with Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes as he is also the agent of defender Faouzi Ghoulam. He stated that they speak to him often and he brought up the conversation on Ronaldo in the presence of Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis.

"We [Napoli] have a close relationship with Jorge since [Faouzi] Ghoulam's contract renewal and we often speak to him,” he was quoted as saying.

"I was with [Napoli chairman Aurelio] De Laurentiis when he made the offer to us.

However, they refrained from making an offer for the former Manchester United superstar because he was completely off the financial limits for the Naples outfit.

"We went quiet and upon going into the details of the operation we realised that it was out of our reach."

The Portugal captain then moved to Juventus, whose sporting director Fabio Paratici revealed that it was Jorge Mendes who offered the player to the Turin based outfit. He also had thanked Florentino Perez for his cooperation in making the deal possible.

“It all happened very quickly. It was a historic transfer, and we need to thank the president and Real Madrid because selling a player like that isn’t easy.

“The first contact was in the Champions League quarter-finals, Jorge Mendes told me that Cristiano Ronaldo wanted to sign for Juventus."

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#2 Benzema to move to Chelsea?

The end is near?

Karim Benzema might be one of the most criticized striker (mostly by his own fanbase) in the world but there can’t be any denying of the fact that he has been among Madrid’s better performers this season.

The Frenchman has scored 12 goals from 27 matches while also assisting thrice in all competitions so far this season. While his numbers might not be ground-breaking, he has already equaled his tally from last season.

The absence of Cristiano Ronaldo has brought a visible change in the Frenchman as he now seems to be playing with more hunger in front of the goal. However, even then, there seems to be no stopping of the stories linking him out of the Bernabeu.

According to the odds, he is currently 2/5 to leave the Santiago Bernabeu this month – with Chelsea being the favourites at 1/2 – and 7/4 to stay at the capital club.

#1 Timo Werner and Militao

Potential Benzema replacement?

In accordance with what has been written in the earlier slide, Real Madrid might be lining up a replacement for the Frenchman. The Galacticos’ only senior striker in the squad is Karim Benzema and it seems as though Florentino Perez wants to change that.

The construction magnate is eying a move for a ‘low cost’ striker in the form of Timo Werner, who reportedly wants to leave RB Leipzig, according to Don Balon. If the German striker doesn’t extend his contract, which ends in 2020, then the German outfit could consider selling him.

Meanwhile, Marca claim that Real Madrid have sent scouts to watch Porto defender Eder Militao in action and have received positive reports on him. Porto, meanwhile, the report adds, hope to start the negotiations at €50 million.

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