While David de Gea remains their preferred target, 'Los Blancos' believe they could be priced out of a move for the Madrid-born shot stopper. Manchester United are likely to ask for around €120million for de Gea but the Spanish champions don't want to stretch their budget that far. With Courtois yet to sign a new deal at Stamford Bridge.
Meanwhile, in Germany, Robert Lewandowski has changed agent recently, but has now denied it has anything to do with his potential move to the Spanish capital. "No, that has nothing to do with it. These speculations are funny, but they do not interest me," Lewandowski said in 'SportBild'.
One signing Real Madrid have already made - Vinicius Junior - is making waves in Brazil. Despite not playing regularly for Flamengo, he is already drawing comparisons to Neymar, scoring at a quicker rate than the PSG man did at the same age.