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Real Madrid transfer news: Perez scared of Barcelona, bids for Juventus' Dybala
REAL MADRID president Florentino Perez is worried Barcelona are set to go on a spending spree and sign his own side's transfer targets.
Paulo Dybala’s Juventus highlights
Barcelona have £200million to spend after selling Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain last week.
Philippe Coutinho, Ousmane Dembele and Kylian Mbappe are all on their radar, while Paulo Dybala has also supposedly caught the eye.
And their interest in Mbappe and Dybala in particular has got Real Madrid nervous.
That is according to Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo, who claim Bernabeu president Perez is ready to do business this summer to land Zinedine Zidane’s targets before Barca get their hands on them.
Real Madrid want to sign Paulo Dybala before Barcelona make a bid
Barcelona sold Neymar to PSG for £200m last week
Florentino Perez (right) wants to get more deals done at Real Madrid
According to the report, Real have already launched a £77m bid for Dybala.
Juventus don’t want to sell but are interested in Real’s Mateo Kovacic, who Mundo Deportivo claim could be added to the bargain.
Juve are supposedly demanding £108m for Dybala but Perez is hopeful Kovacic’s inclusion in the deal will convince the Italian giants to sell up at a lower price.
As for Mbappe, Monaco appear to have dug their heels in on a £168m valuation of their star man.
Paulo Dybala scores a STUNNING free kick against Palermo
The Ligue 1 champions have already fended off £87m bids from Arsenal and Real earlier this summer.
Perez is aware that with Barca’s new financial strength they can effectively sign whoever they want - hence the need to move now for their top targets.
Neither side has particularly strengthened their squads this summer, with Nelsinho Barca’s one top arrival and Dani Ceballos Real’s biggest scoop.
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