Real Madrid transfer news: Real Madrid could lose Toni Kroos as they pursue €180 million superstar and more - December 8, 2018

Hello and welcome to the Real Madrid latest transfer news and stories of the day! Here are the rumours surrounding Los Blancos today!

#3 Palacios' agent’s claim

Exequiel Palacios is a name that has been vehemently linked with the Galacticos. Some weeks prior, there were reports of the River star actually agreeing to join the Bernabeu in January.

However, while those stories may have been proven wrong, what is true is that the Merengues remain heavily interested in the player who is actually going to play the Copa Libertadores at the Santiago Bernabeu.

The agent of the player, Renato Corsi, meanwhile, has stated that he hopes to see his client play for the Blancos as they are the club that have pressed the most for him.

"I hope he can play for Real Madrid," Corsi said.

"They have called us from Inter, from Roma, from Wolfsburg. Many clubs are interested but the one that has got the furthest is Real Madrid.”

He also revealed the interest of Barcelona but nothing concrete happened on that front.

"With Barca, we got to talk at a moment, but nothing was advanced."

Palacios is currently preparing to play at the Bernabeu for River Plate and his agent has claimed that his client finds honour in the fact that he would be playing at the Bernabeu.

"He, as a River fan and as a player at the club for 10 years, wanted to play the final in the Monumental," added Corsi.

"But with this problem there, he would also love to play in that stadium [the Bernabeu] in the beautiful country of Spain.”

Finally, he revealed that the talks between River Plate and Real Madrid shall continue after the final of the Copa Libertadores.

"Real Madrid has been very good to us. The two clubs were in talks and were going to follow that with meetings about Exequiel after the finals.

"In Madrid they are going to talk now."

#2 Bayern Munich join the race for Isco

The man in demand

Despite the fact that Isco scored two goals against Melila and is slowly getting back in form, the rumours of the former Malaga star leaving the Santiago Bernabeu still exist.

In fact, if anything, Bayern Munich have added themselves in the race to sign the Spain midfielder. According to reports, the Bavarians have joined the race for the acquisition of the former Valencia starlet, who has also incurred the interest of Juventus and Manchester City.

The fact that Isco hasn’t been a prominent member under Santiago Solari has made it quite easy to link him out of the Bernabeu. Things didn’t help when Isco was snubbed from the match-day squad against Roma in Madrid’s last Champions League game.

Given that Madrid still have the likes of James Rodriguez and Mateo Kovacic under their belt, Isco may just be let go in order to gather funds to sign their biggest targets.

#1 Navas and Kroos

Madrid want him

Keylor Navas is perhaps the unluckiest player in the world. The Costa Rican is a three-time back-to-back-back Champions League winner while playing a prominent role for his team and yet the arrival of Courtois has pushed him to become the second-choice at the Bernabeu.

As a result, he now wants out. At least according to AS, who claim that the lack of minutes has made him unhappy and he is looking for a way out with interest for him from the Premier League.

Meanwhile, the folks at Don Balon believe that PSG will target three superstar players should they have to sell Kylian Mbappe and Neymar (valued at €180 million), both of whom have been linked with Real Madrid.

The report states that one of the three players is Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos as the Parisiens believe that his experience would be invaluable for their project.

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