L'Equipe: Real Madrid have 500 million for Mbappe, Hazard and Pogba
Madrid are lining up some big moves after a disappointing season
French newspaper L'Equipe say Real MAdrid president Florentino Perez will listen to Zinedine Zidane's demands for squad improvement and hand the French coach 500 million euros to sign Kylian Mbappe, Eden Hazard and Paul Pogba.
Despite that, it will still not be easy, especially when it comes to dealing with Paris Saint-Germain and their owner Al Khelaifi. Perez hopes that the power of Zidane and Mbappe's desire to play under his compatriot will play out in his favour. Earlier this week France Football said Madrid will offer 280 million for the France international -- but next summer.
Madrid and Hazard have been 'flirting' for a long time. The Belgian's expressed his admiration for Zidane ("I started playing football because of Zidane") and the coach feels he's one of the best in the world ("I would sign Hazard for Madrid with my eyes closed"). The problem is that Chelsea have a transfer ban coming up and will be unable to sign a replacement. The positive is he's out of contract in 2020, so they may sell anyway.
The third star Madrid want is Manchester United's Pogba. The French midfielder was close to signing for Los Blancos in 2016, before finally returning to Old Trafford from Juventus. On March 20, Pogba left the door open to a move to the Santiago Bernabeu: "I am happy in Manchester but Madrid are a club everyone dreams [of playing for]."
