Sergio Ramos Set To Leave Real Madrid
The fleeting love affair between Sergio Ramos and Real Madrid has hit the rocks, according to a report by a UK Newspaper The Guardian
The paper says the Spain international defender has told the club he wants to leave and asked them to consider offers — and that’s the cue for Manchester United to step up their interest in bringing him to Old Trafford.
Ramos, who has been at Real for a decade, held talks with chief executive Jose Angel Sanchez on Wednesday morning and declared that he wanted to move on, the report says.
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But United will have to dig very deep if Louis van Gaal is to get his man — with Real likely to “set the bar prohibitively high, initially, at least.”
And with 29-year-old Ramos having a £128 million buyout clause in his contract, which still has two years to run, that bar could be stratospheric.
United are said to be keen to sign him in part-exchange for goalkeeper David De Gea, long linked with a move to the Bernabeu after a string of outstanding performances.
They’re also interested in adding Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, according to a report by the Daily Telegraph.
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Schneiderlin, who stayed with the Saints during last summer’s mass exodus of players, is also said to be interesting friendly London neighbours Tottenham and Arsenal. He is valued at about £25 million.
