Cristiano Ronaldo knows who his replacement will be (not Neymar), Real Madrid star offered to Chelsea, and more: European transfer round-up, 20 January

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Will Eden Hazard be the successor of Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid?

The secret meeting and more about Madrid

Real Madrid seem to be willing to do anything to get their squad to another level with the help of some record signings. After Barcelona acquired the signatures of Yerry Mina and Philippe Coutinho in this window, the pressure is on Madrid to do something in the market.

Diario Gol reported Florentino Perez has had talks with Ramy Abbas Issa, the representative of Mohamad Salah, over a possible transfer of the Egyptian to the Bernabeu. While Real are willing to pay €70-80 million for the forward, Liverpool would want a fee in the range of what Barca paid for Coutinho.

Meanwhile, Don Balon reported that Florentino Perez wants to hijack Barcelona's move for Gremio midfielder Arthur. Finally, the same outlet report that Cristiano Ronaldo knows who his successor could be—and that is Eden Hazard, who is the plan B for Perez should he fail to pull off a transfer for Neymar.

El Bernabeu that the injury of Jesus Vallejo has prompted the Blancos to sign another centre-back in the summer and one of the names mentioned is Leonardo Bonucci, who has a strong advocate in Sergio Ramos.

A secret deal for Barcelona

It seems as though today is a day of secrets as Sport reveal that Antoine Griezmann will be Barcelona’s first summer signing. Indeed, if any of the two sides pull out of the transfer now, then the guilty party will have to pay a penalty for it.

However, Barcelona have come out and completely denied these reports on their official website.