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Real Madrid transfer news: Modric to Inter details emerge - wages, phone call, Bayern woe
REAL MARID look set to lose Luka Modric to Inter Milan - if the player gets his own way.
Modric emerged as a surprise transfer target of Serie A giants Inter earlier this week.
The midfielder, named Player of the Tournament at the World Cup this summer, is a key member of Real Madrid’s side.
But with Julen Lopetegui now in charge at the Bernabeu, Croatia star Modric appears keen to jump ship.
And fresh revelations in Italy have detailed how a proposed move to Inter Milan has come about.
According to Gazzetta dello Sport, it was Modric’s wife who called Inter asking if they would be keen on a deal.
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“Do you want Modric?” was the supposed direct question from Vanja Bosnic.
Inter, who are closing in on a deal to sign Arturo Vidal from Bayern Munich, immediately confirmed they would be interested.
The phone call has since set in motion plans from the player’s camp to work out a deal to Inter.
Modric wage demands
Gazzetta claim Modric would want a contract that at least matches the £8.9m (€10m) net wages left on the two years of his current Real Madrid deal.
The equates roughly to a contract of £150,000 a week in Milan.
However, Inter are not flush with cash and for financial fair play reasons would likely make a loan offer for Modric, with the agreement to make the deal permanent next summer.
Vidal on hold
Gazzetta add that while Inter now work on a move for Modric, their push to sign Vidal is on hold.
The midfielder was all set to join the San Siro club after his agent Fernando Felicevich was spotted in Milan.
Bayern are happy to offload Chilean Vidal, who left Juventus for Germany in 2015.
But Modric is now Inter’s focus, with work underway with his wife Bosnic to get a deal done before the transfer window closes.