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By Shambhu Ajith

Modified Nov 25, 2018 13:21 GMT

Real Madrid ready to spend €200m for Mauro Icardi

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Los Blancos are going through one of their worst spells in history after having got off to a terrible start to the season. Following Cristiano Ronaldo's departure, Real Madrid have found it difficult to score goals and Karim Benzema's form is not helping.

As a result, the Champions League winners have been on the lookout for a prolific goal scorer and have identified Inter Milan's Mauro Icardi as the ideal man for the job. According to SportMediaSet via Marca, Florentino Perez is prepared to set aside €200 m in order to rope in Mauro Icardi in January.

Icardi has been in fine form this season and has scored 6 goals from 8 appearances in the Serie A so far. But it remains to be seen whether Inter will sell their captain and most important player halfway through the season.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

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