Real languish 19 points off La Liga leaders Barcelona but have not spent big for almost four years — despite taking second place in this week’s Deloitte Money League of world football’s top earners.
The Spanish club’s biggest concerns about their Premier League raid surround Kane who— with his clean-living image — perfectly fits the player profile president Florentino Perez insists on.
But there are genuine doubts in Madrid about whether the relationship Kane has with Tottenham, and the lure of playing in a new Spurs stadium next season, will put him out ofreach.Spurs have also made it clear that even a world-record bid will not persuade them to part with Kane, though securing his guide and mentor Pochettino could make the difference
Real’s current manager Zinedine Zidane — who has been linked with Paris Saint-Germain amid doubts about his own future — wants Hazard. But this week the Belgian forward dismissed his father’s claim that he had rejected a Chelsea contract offer to see if Realwill bid for him.An urgent need for a goalkeeper has also arisen, now Athletic Bilbao have tied 23-year-old Kepa Arrizabalaga to a new deal with a £70m buy-out clause.
The club’s desire for De Gea is no secret. Real were so convinced they had signed him in the summer of 2015 that Rafa Benitez had told his closest advisors the goalkeeper was coming, before Perez’s staff bungled a deadline-day bid.
Real have lined up Chelsea goalkeeper ThibautCourtois as their second choice in case Uniteddemand more than £100m for De Gea.
Perez’s return to the Premier League for players follows a four-year period in which Madrid have looked way off the pace set by Manchester United, Manchester City and PSG as Europe’s big spenders.
Real’s 2010-17 net transfer spend was £172m, even less than Arsenal’s (£219m) and Liverpool’s (£223m), while United’s was £815m.
The Deloitte report revealed Real have leapfrogged Barca into second place in the table of Europe’s top earners, pulling in £592.8m revenue in 2016-17, second only to United’s £594.3m.
It is the narrowest gap at the top of the Money League but behind Deloitte’s figures lies a more complicated financial story for Real.
Their income was boosted by winning the Champions League and La Liga last season, a double which helped the failure to make an eye-catching 2017 summer signing pass without comment.
Yet talk of a £263m Abu Dhabi naming-rights deal for the ageing Bernabeu has come to nothing and nor has a new kit deal to match United’s £75m-a-season Nike tie-up.
The Spanish club’s biggest concerns about their Premier League raid surround Kane who— with his clean-living image — perfectly fits the player profile president Florentino Perez insists on.
But there are genuine doubts in Madrid about whether the relationship Kane has with Tottenham, and the lure of playing in a new Spurs stadium next season, will put him out ofreach.Spurs have also made it clear that even a world-record bid will not persuade them to part with Kane, though securing his guide and mentor Pochettino could make the difference
Real’s current manager Zinedine Zidane — who has been linked with Paris Saint-Germain amid doubts about his own future — wants Hazard. But this week the Belgian forward dismissed his father’s claim that he had rejected a Chelsea contract offer to see if Realwill bid for him.An urgent need for a goalkeeper has also arisen, now Athletic Bilbao have tied 23-year-old Kepa Arrizabalaga to a new deal with a £70m buy-out clause.
The club’s desire for De Gea is no secret. Real were so convinced they had signed him in the summer of 2015 that Rafa Benitez had told his closest advisors the goalkeeper was coming, before Perez’s staff bungled a deadline-day bid.
Real have lined up Chelsea goalkeeper ThibautCourtois as their second choice in case Uniteddemand more than £100m for De Gea.
Perez’s return to the Premier League for players follows a four-year period in which Madrid have looked way off the pace set by Manchester United, Manchester City and PSG as Europe’s big spenders.
Real’s 2010-17 net transfer spend was £172m, even less than Arsenal’s (£219m) and Liverpool’s (£223m), while United’s was £815m.
The Deloitte report revealed Real have leapfrogged Barca into second place in the table of Europe’s top earners, pulling in £592.8m revenue in 2016-17, second only to United’s £594.3m.
Their income was boosted by winning the Champions League and La Liga last season, a double which helped the failure to make an eye-catching 2017 summer signing pass without comment.
Yet talk of a £263m Abu Dhabi naming-rights deal for the ageing Bernabeu has come to nothing and nor has a new kit deal to match United’s £75m-a-season Nike tie-up.
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