Ibra will make sacrifices for Real
Sunday 21 June, 2009
Inter striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is prepared to take a wage cut to join Real Madrid, according to Spanish newspaper Marca.
Los Merengues are keen to make the 27-year-old Sweden international their next signing after Valencia declared they would not be selling David Villa this summer.
Ibrahimovic has openly courted a move to Spain over the last two months and Inter want to know his intentions by July 12 so they plan for next season.
Marca understands Ibrahimovic's agent, Mino Raiola, was in Madrid this week to discuss the prospect of a transfer with the Real hierarchy.
Yesterday, Il Corriere dello Sport also claimed Inter director of sport Marco Branca was in Spain holding talks with his counterparts at the Bernabéu.
Ibrahimovic is said to be so desperate to move he is willing to slash his annual salary from £10m to £7.5m.
Real are also keen to bring his price down, which has been set at £67m.
They will apparently attempt to do so by offering Klaas-Jan Huntelaar or Rafael Van der Vaart in exchange.
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