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Real Madrid are chasing a new striker in this summer transfer window, especially if Álvaro Morata finally accepts the offer coming from AC Milan. We want to show the big strikers who will be important in the summer transfer window as they might change the club at the end of the present season.

Álvaro Morata. It’s the most important one for our interest. The Spaniard is not happy with the minutes he’s had in the current season, although he’s been very important to win La Liga. AC Milan have made an important bid for the striker and some sources say that he has accepted it. They’ll have to pay around €60M.

Kylian Mbappé. He’s the best young player in Europe this season. No one knew him at the beginning of 2016, but he’s been able to put Monaco in the Champions League semi-finals and to hold the Ligue 1 title. He’s scored very important goals in the Last 16 against Manchester City or in the quarter-finals against Borussia Dortmund. If Florentino wants him, the price would be around €120M, especially after selling Bernardo Silva for €80M.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The Borussia Dortmund striker wants to change team. He said several times that his dream would be playing with Real Madrid, although this is very unlikely nowadays. He has been the topscorer again in the Bundesliga with 31 goals. PSG are the favourites to sign the Gabonese striker.

Antoine Griezmann. The Atlético Madrid star wants a move from Atlético Madrid after losing the Champions League semi-finals and failing again to win another title with the Spanish team. Although Diego Simeone will stay one more year in Madrid, Griezmann said that he may leave the club in summer. Manchester United are targeting him and the price would be €100M.

Alexandre Lacazette. If Griezmann leaves Atlético Madrid, the favourite to replace him is Alexandre Lacazette. He’s completed another great season with Olympique Lyon and he won’t play the Champions League the next year after finishing fourth in the Ligue 1. Therefore, he might want to change the club. His transfer fee would be around €50M.

Romelu Lukaku. The Belgian striker has been one of the most important players in the Premier League. His team won’t play in the Champions League in the next year and several clubs will want to sign him. Arsenal, Chelsea or Manchester United are among them. He found 25 times the net this season.

Alexis Sánchez. After failing to qualify for the Champions League, Arsenal will have to look for a replacement for Alexis Sánchez. The Chilean forward is the best player of the team, but he wants to leave the club and fight for the titles. Atlético Madrid could be also his destination.

Diego Costa. The Chelsea striker has some problems with his coach, Antonio Conte. He has several offers from China, but if he accepts them, he will say goodbye to the World Cup in Russia. Therefore, he might prefer to stay one year more in Europe. In the continent, he could enjoy playing Euro Palace online casino.

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Zinedine Zidane is preparing the final of the Champions League on the 3rd of June with the full squad. Dani Carvajal and Gareth Bale, who miss the last games of the season, are training back with the group so they could play the clash if Zidane thinks so. Now, the debate is whether Gareth Bale should play the final in his hometown or not.

Real Madrid signed Gareth Bale for around €100M to play these kind of games. He was a very important player in the final in Lisbon, scoring the second goal in the extra-time against Atlético Madrid. In Milan he also played well and everybody remembers his great goal in the Copa del Rey final against Barcelona in 2014, leaving Batra behind.

Therefore, Bale is a great footballer to play crucial games. He also scored the decisive goal in the semi-finals last year against Manchester City. Besides, the final is in Cardiff, Wales, his hometown. It will be very especial for him, the man who brought his team to the semi-finals of the last Euro in France.

However, Bale has been losing importance in the team in the last months. Since he got injured in El Clásico, Real Madrid have won every game, reaching the final at the Millennium Stadium and winning La Liga title. It was with Isco in the line-up and the change of formation to 4-4-2.

Isco is giving balance to the team. He is helping in the midfield and he assists with clarity to the two strikers, both Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo. Actually, the first goal in Málaga, for instance, was a great assist from Isco to Cristiano. The Spaniard has been the best player in the team, showing his quality at Vicente Calderón, in a very tough game to reach this final.

If we are talking about the merits in the last months of competition, Gareth Bale should start on the bench. He doesn’t have the rhythm of the competition and the last game he played was the 23rd of April. On the other hand, Isco is the leader of the team at the moment, showing great skills and it would be very important to keep the balance against Juventus and win the battle in the midfield. So, perhaps, Bale would be an interesting player to have in the second half, just in case Zidane needs to change the development of the game.

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James Rodríguez has many offers to leave Real Madrid in the summer transfer window. The Premier League clubs are the ones showing more interest but Inter Milán have overtaken them by presenting the first bid to Florentino Pérez.

According to the Spanish newspaper As, Inter Milán have offered €45M for the Colombian star, a price that shouldn’t be enough to convince Florentino Pérez to sell James Rodríguez. Especially if we think that Real Madrid paid €80M to Mónaco for the Colombian star. However, according to these sources, Los Blancos are listening to the offer and the positions are not very distant so they could reach an agreement.

In the same negotiation is included Pepe. The full back contract expires in June and he’ll move to Milan with James Rodríguez if the deal is finally sealed. Both have Jorge Mendes as an agent, so these operations are linked. If James Rodríguez doesn’t go to Milan, Pepe won’t land in Italy.

Despite these informations, it looks very unlikely that Real Madrid would accept a €45M offer for James Rodríguez when some Premier League clubs like Manchester United would be offering up to €65M. Besides, Inter Milan won’t play in Europe the next season, so James Rodríguez won’t enjoy the Champions League.

If the Colombian star finally chooses to play with Manchester United, he’ll be able to shine in the Champions League. The Red Devils got the ticket to this competition after winning the Europa League against Ajax on Wednesday.

Inter Milan had shown in the past a lot of interest in James Rodríguez. Actually, they offered €85M in the transfer deadline day last summer. Real Madrid accepted the bid, but James Rodríguez rejected the offer at the very last minute because he wanted to convince Zinedine Zidane that he’s a very important player in the squad. Unfortunately for him, he hasn’t succeed in his goal as he’s been on the bench more than on the pitch this season.

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According to some Spanish media, the Spanish Tax Office is claiming Cristiano Ronaldo 8.260.477€ during the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Some tax inspectors think that Cristiano Ronaldo could have committed tax crime.

However, Cristiano Ronaldo showed in 2014 all his contracts, trying to avoid a penalty and he wanted to show that everything was completely clear and legal. Therefore, there is a willingness of paying, so this would avoid the tax crime and Cristiano Ronaldo would pay only a penalty.

Cristiano Ronaldo paid in 2014 €6M to the Spanish Tax Office. The Portuguese striker said after winning La Liga in Málaga that many people think that he’s evil but he’s not a criminal. Only some weeks later, these other news come up, but the player is calm, because he has done everything according to the law.

Totally different is Messi’s situation. He’s been convicted on tax fraud charges. The Supreme Court has rejected his appeal and now he’s facing prison sentence and jail. Messi created a company in Panama to hide his earnings to the Spanish Tax Office, clearly showing that he didn’t want to pay the taxes to the government.

Cristiano Ronaldo was the footballer who earned more in the last season. According to Forbes, the Portuguese striker earned $93M last year, whereas Leo Messi earned $80M according to the same sources. Both now also share problems with the Spanish tax office and they will have to solve these issues to continue showing his quality in the Spanish football.

Cristiano Ronaldo has always said that he has nothing to hide and he’s always done the things correctly, paying his taxes. However, other colleagues, for example Ricardo Carvalho, Radamel Falcao or Fabio Coentrao -all of them are represented by Jorge Mendes– have had problems with the Spanish tax office.

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Barcelona and Alavés play tonight the final of the Copa del Rey in the last game held at Vicente Calderón (20:30, UK Time). Unfortunately, Real Madrid cannot play this game because Celta de Vigo beat Los Blancos in the quarter-finals but two Real Madrid footballers could still win the title and bring misery to The Blaugranas.

Marcos Llorente and Theo Hernández will be Real Madrid players from the 1st of July and they can start winning Real Madrid supporters’ heart by beating FC Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final. Theo Hernández, former Atlético Madrid player, has been one of the best left back in La Liga this season and he was able to score one great goal against Athletic Club. His performance in the left wing will be very important for Alavés to try to beat the odds.

This game will be very special for all Alavés players, who are dreaming with the title since they got the ticket to the final after beating Celta de Vigo at Mendizorroza. Even more special for Marcos Llorente, who played with Los Blancos since a kid and he knows the great rivalry with FC Barcelona. He will go back to Bernabéu to be Casemiro’s replacement after a great debut season in La Liga.

“It would be the dreamt farewell winning La Copa del Rey to FC Barcelona. We want to bring this title to our supporters after some very difficult years and I think they deserve the Copa del Rey and much more. It’s a very important thing”, said Marcos Llorente.

Alavés were able to beat Barcelona at the beginning of the season at Nou Camp (1-2) with Deyverson and Ibai Gómez scoring both goals. Marcos Llorente was one of the best players in that game and tonight he’ll be also a key player to stop Leo Messi or Neymar.

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Real Madrid have recently announced the signing of the Brazilian young talent Vinicius Junior for an amount of €46M. It’s a quite risky decision because the Brazilian player is only 17 years old and Los Blancos have payed a huge amount of money for his services. Let’s remember who have been the 10 most expensive Brazilian signings in history.

10) Pato: Milan paid to Internacional an amount of €22M in 2007 for the sining of the striker, but he failed in his profesional career, playing currently at China.

9) Robinho: Robinho is another signing that didn’t show the level expected. The ‘new Pele’ signed for Real Madrid in 2005 where he only played three seasons. Los Blancos paid €25M and three years later they sold him to Manchester City.

8) Gabigol: He signed with Inter Milan to become the new star of the Italian side. In the first year of the Brazilian striker at Europe, he has not played his best season and it looks like the €25M Inter paid to Santos may be a fairly a high figure.

7) Bernard: In 2013, Shakhtar Donetsk wanted to sign the young jewel talent from Atlético Mineiro, an after a few season we finally proved that the €25M they paid for his services it’s a high figure.

6): Denilson: In 1998, Betis signed Denilson for an amount of €31.5M. He was the most expensive signing in that years and one the worst sinings in Betis 109 history.

5): Oscar: Chelsea invested on 2012 an important amount of €32M for a player who was not recognize at Europe and that his level was not the one expected. Oscar is currently playing at China with a salary that few players have.

4): Gabriel Jesus: The recent player of Manchester City has played a good season in his first year at Europe despite his injuries. He arrived to Manchester from Palmeiras for an amount of €32M.

3) Lucas Moura: It looks like this can be the last season of Lucas Moura at PSG. The Brazilian wing signed with the French team for an amount of €40M from Sao Paulo and in his third season at Paris he has not shown the high level where he can arrive.

2) Vinicius Junior: Real Madrid recent signing, Vinicius Junior, is one of the best young players of the world, and despite he doesn’t have any experience as a professional, many people say that he can become in a few years in one of the best players in the world. He signed for Los Blancos for an amount of €46M.

1) Neymar: Barcelona paid Santos a figure close to the €83M in 2013. The Brazilian wing is currently one of the best players in the world and nowadays the captain of Brazil national team. He is the most expensive Brazilian player in history.

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UEFA did an interview to Zinedine Zidane in which he reviews the Champions League final, his past at Juventus, and the management of give rest to Cristiano Ronaldo, a key topic in Real Madrid’s great season.

This will the second Champions League final for Zinedine Zidane in his short experience as a manger:” I am glad the football has given me this opportunity. It’s not an easy job, but it’s my passion. In fact football is one of my greatest passions. I spent three years learning about how you must manage a team, and now I have the opportunity to train this wonderful squad, so I live my passion day by day. We have a fantastic coaching staff but I must affirm that all what we have done it’s because we have a very complete team. They are aware that all the players are important in our team, and that’s what we are showing. Now we have a very difficult clash against a tough team but we know we cannot miss this opportunity”, Zidane said about his stage training at Real Madrid.

The currently manager of Real Madrid lost a final against Los Blancos when he played for Juventus in 1998:” Those moments were hards and toughs but it’s part of the career of any player, you must accept that you cannot always win. I’m happy that I could achieve afterwards the title playing for Real Madrid. All careers have good and bad moments”, the French manager said about the final he lost against Real Madrid when he playing for Juventus,

Zidane’s decision of give rest to Cristiano Ronaldo during the year has been one of the keys of the season: “It’s a decision that we made together after several conversations we have had. He is a very smart player and he knows that he needed to play a little less. It’s not just this year, it’s the accumulation of the seasons of his career playing 60 or 70 games. There is a point that you must rest and take a break. It is not because he is not physically prepared, it’s because he wants to reach the final stage of the season fit, and being the player who leads the team and now he is in the best moment of the season”, Zidane said about Cristiano Ronaldo

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In his first year as a profesional, playing on loan al Alavés, Marcos Llorente has played an spectacular season with the Basque squad. With only 22 years old, the midfielder has become one of the proper names of La Liga. After his great season, many teams are interested in his services. Sevilla want to sign him because they want to have new players with a great future, and Marcos Llorente could be the best choice.

According to El Correo de Andalucía, Sevilla are very interested in the signing of the young Real Madrid player. The player is already aware of Sevilla’s interest in him but he must still wait to pronounce because he doesn’t know if Zdiane wants him next year. We must add that both Real Madrid and Alavés didn’t finish their season because they have one remaining game, Alavés the Copa del Rey final and Los Blancos the Champions league final. When the season ends for both teams, Marcos Llorente will know where he will play in the next season.

Marcos Llorente has been with Theo Hernández the best two players of Alavés in this season. Real Madrid’s youngster has finished La Liga with an 87% effectiveness in the pass playing in a team that is very defensive and that they don’t usually have the ball possession. He has played 32 games in the regular season, adding around 2800 minutes. Alavés have done an very good season finishing the league in the 10th position of the table and having the chance to win La Copa del Rey.

Now we must wait until the season ends to know his future. Do you think Marcos Llorente is going to continue growing as a player year by year? In his first season playing as a profesional, it looked like he has been playing in La Liga for ten years.

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The recent Real Madrid player, Vinicius Junior, decided to sign with Los Blancos despite Barcelona offered him a higher salary. He finally chose Madrid because he had a previous agreement with the team managed by Zidane and because he always said that he is a Real Madrid supporter and that his dream is to play at Santiago Bernabéu.

Vinicius Junior agent, Federico Pena, explained in an interview why he finally decided to sign with Los Blancos ” Barcelona’s economic offer was higher than the one from Real Madrid but as we arrived to an agreement with Los Blancos, we said to them that they didn’t have to equalize that offer. Vinicius liked Real Madrid’s project and he is a supporter of this team, so the decision was quite easy. Many people say that Vinicius chose the team that offered him a highest salary, but I can confirm it’s not true”, Federico Pena affirmed after all the rumors about Vinicius Junior signing. The Brazilian young jewel had many important offers from other teams, with a higher salary that in Real Mardid, but he finally chose the capital of Spain because of several reasons.

Vinicius agent also spoke about what he thinks if Real Madrid decide to sign more important strikers as Mbappé or Griezmann: “It will be bad news because Real Madrid have a lot of good players in the attack and if finally they decide to sign more, it could be a problem for the coach”, Federico Pena said about the posobility of the signing of more players.

Real Madrid and Flamingo made oficial this week his transfer for an amount of €45M. He won’t arrive to Madrid until 2018 or 2019 because he has to grow as a player. He has still to turn 18 to complete his transfer and gain experience with Flamingo because he made his debut this year.

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Juventus and Real Madrid will play the final of the Champions League on the 3rd of June in Cardiff. However, the rivalry between these two clubs goes beyond that. They are also fighting in the meeting rooms to get one of the best players of the year: Kylian Mbappé.

According to the Italian newspaper Tuttosport, Juventus will try to sign the young jewel. They saw him playing in the Champions League semi-finals and Mbappé was able to score one goal to the legendary Gianluigi Buffon. Apart from the goal, Mbappé showed his skills and the willingness to bring his team into the final of the Champions League.

This information says that Juventus could pay up to €100M. They think this is a very high price but they could afford it. Especially if we think that they paid €90M for Gonzalo Higuaín in the last summer. Mbappé won’t be the only Mónaco player that has called the attention of the Vecchia Signora, but Fabinho, Lemar or Bakayoko are also in the transfer list for the summer.

Therefore, Real Madrid will have to fight with Juventus for Kylian Mbappé, who could leave the club after winning the Ligue 1 title. Hazard won’t come to Real Madrid, so the possibilities to sign Mbappé are higher. Especially if Álvaro Morata finally decided to leave the club and sign for AC Milan.

Giuseppe Marotta, Juventus general manager, has a very good relationship with Mónaco and that can speed up the negotiations. However, Real Madrid would be able to offer even more money than his competitor, so Mbappé could sign for Los Blancos.

The young French striker could be the Galaçtico that Florentino Pérez was searching these years. Last time, Florentino also went to Mónaco to sign James Rodríguez, who will leave now the club. So Real Madrid and Monaco maintain also good relationship, so the deal could be easier to close.

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