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Real Madrid Focusing On Maicon, Not Ibrahimovic
The Spanish side want to land the Brazilian full-back but have given up hope of signing the Swedish forward.
Jun 21, 2009 4:01:40 AM
According to Sportmediaset.it, Real Madrid are doing all they can in order to sign Inter full-back Maicon, as they continue to strengthen an already competitive and technically rich side.
The latest reports coming from Italy are indicating that president Florentino Perez has, for the time being, discarded the option of signing Inter forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, as the distance between the two clubs, financially, is too wide.
In fact, the Nerazzurri are asking for not less than €70m, a sum which is deemed too high for a club who has already spent almost €200m on two players during this early part of the transfer window.
For this reason, the Merengues will focus on Maicon, whom they believe is a more important element for the team, though even in this case, the two clubs are quite a way away from anything approaching an agreement.
Inter want €40m, whereas Real made an initial offer of €25m, but the feeling is that they will meet halfway, as the Brazilian full-back has expressed, on more than one occasion, his desire to join the Spanish side.
There will probably be some new developments by next week with regards to Maicon, whereas for Ibra, coach Jose Mourinho has made it clear that if his star player is not sold by July 12, the date that the Nerazzurri will start their summer training camp, then he will not be sold.
Glenn Debattista, Goal.com
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