Fiorentina has joined the fight to sign Real Madrid’s defender Fabio Coentrao, according to Portuguese sports newspaper A Bola.
The Italian club would be willing to offer Los Blancos 15 million euros in the next winter transfer market, Portugal’s most sold sports daily has reported.
Fiorentina would be looking for a left-back to reinforce their defence. However, a 15-million bid would be far from what Los Merengues are expecting to get from Fabio Coentrao.
If Real were to sell the Portuguese in January, they wouldn’t accept less than 20 or even 25 million. A part of that money would very likely be used to bring another left-back who could become Marcelo’s substitute.
Up to the date, many clubs have shown their interest in signing Coentrao, who is not happy with his role at Santiago Bernabeu and could try to force his exit as soon as the winter transfer window opens.
The 25-year-old has been linked with Manchester United, Juventus, Monaco and Chelsea. More recently, there have been rumours of a possible loan to Tottenham Hotspur.
Some our Europe’s biggest clubs could still bid for Coentrao in January as the left-back hasn’t played a single minute of this season’s Champions League campaign so would be eligible to appear with another club.
