Real Madrid players will give up £26million bonus if they win LaLiga and Champions League in boost to club’s coffers
REAL Madrid players will give up £26million bonus if they win LaLiga and Champions League to ease the Spanish giants’ financial plight. The Spanish giants are also reportedly determined to off-load big-earners like Gareth Bale, Isco and Marcelo but keep core stars like Thibaut Courtois, Casemiro, Toni Kroos and Karim Benzema. Real have budgeted for £78.8m losses due […]
REAL Madrid players will give up £26million bonus if they win LaLiga and Champions League to ease the Spanish giants’ financial plight.
The Spanish giants are also reportedly determined to off-load big-earners like Gareth Bale, Isco and Marcelo but keep core stars like Thibaut Courtois, Casemiro, Toni Kroos and Karim Benzema.
Real have budgeted for £78.8m losses due to the coronavirus pandemic.
But they are second in LaLiga just a point behind Atletico Madrid and face a Champions League semi-final with Chelsea.
Now Spanish outlet ABC.es say Zinedine Zidane‘s squad have agreed to forego sizeable sums should they land a famous Double.
Last season’s title-winning squad also did not take bonuses and agreed a 10 per cent pay cut, saving Real £36.4m.
But Zidane would still have to sell this summer if Real hope to join the transfer frenzy over PSG frontman Kylian Mbappe and Borussia Dortmund goal machine Erling Haaland.
That means Wales superstar Bale, 31 again faces a battle for his future when he returns from his loan at old club Tottenham.
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Brazil left-back Marcelo, 32, and 28-year-old Spain playmaker Isco are also tipped for end-of-season exits.
Likewise, Real are expected to offer Alvaro Odriozola, Mariano Diaz and Luka Jovic to rival clubs.
But it’s claimed Zidane is determined to retain attacking midfielder Martin Odegaard, 22, who Arsenal are thought keen to keep when his loan finishes this summer.