Real Madrid target Bayern Munich winger Michael Olise in €220m deal
Real Madrid are preparing a sensational €220m bid for Bayern Munich winger Michael Olise in a move that would approach the world-record transfer fee.
The proposed deal for the 24-year-old would fall just €2m short of the historic €222m amount Paris Saint-Germain paid Barcelona for Neymar in 2017.
The Spanish giants view the versatile forward as the perfect addition to their newly assembled attacking line-up.
Reports in Spain suggest the lightning-fast winger ticks every box for Madrid due to his existing national team partnership with Kylian Mbappe.
An alleged €150m offer from Los Blancos for Atletico Madrid striker Julian Alvarez was reportedly a strategic bluff designed to complicate Barcelona’s pursuit of the Argentine.
Midfield reshuffle on the horizon
To fund their ambitious summer recruitment, the current European champions are willing to sanction the departure of a high-profile midfielder.
Eduardo Camavinga is currently attracting tempting offers from the Premier League alongside informal approaches from Paris Saint-Germain.
Fellow Frenchman Aurelien Tchouameni has also been identified as a highly valued player who could be sacrificed to balance the books at the Bernabeu.
The generated funds would be immediately reinvested into a move for either Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez or West Ham United playmaker Mateus Fernandes.
Premier League stars in demand
Elsewhere across Europe, Liverpool and Barcelona are actively circling Tottenham Hotspur centre-back Micky van de Ven.
Both elite clubs are hoping to capitalise on an ongoing impasse in contract negotiations between the 25-year-old Netherlands international and Spurs.
Arsenal are also stepping up their pursuit of a new left-sided forward by targeting Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers.
The Midlands club are remarkably willing to listen to offers in the region of £80m for the England international despite recently securing Champions League football.
Liverpool are simultaneously preparing a monumental €100m offer for RB Leipzig teenager Yan Diomande to ward off fierce rival interest from Paris Saint-Germain.
