'Bacca and Icardi are possible targets for Atletico', middle-man says
Sport Mediaset have asked him to reveal Real and Atletico Madrid January transfer strategies, now that both sides have been banned from signing new players for one year.
“Real Madrid will be forced to buy players in January, because they have to anticipate their direct rivals, [both in Spain and in Europe]. I don’t know if they’re still interested in signing Alvaro Morata.”
“In case they are, they know they can’t exercise the buy-out clause in January, but in theory they could still try to offer € 31-32 million for him.”
“Said that, I don’t think that Real Madrid will begin transfer talks to sign the striker in January.”
“Real are not the only sides that want to sign Paul Pogba, but they are among the few clubs that can afford buying him.”
“Zidane likes Pogba, of course, but what really matters is what Florentino [Perez] thinks, because they already have quality players in the middle of the pitch.”
“If I knew Florentino’s wish-list I couldn’t reveal it.”
“I can tell you that they have not set sights on the likes of Miralem Pjanic, Mauro Icardi, Carlos Bacca and Jaison Murillo, but these kind of players be possible targets for Atletico Madrid.”
