- Real Madrid are preparing to pay Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga's £17.7 million release clause in January
- Real Madrid have been linked with other European goalkeepers but they also see Arrizabalaga as a good buy
- Arrizabalaga has been one of the shinning lights of the La Liga this season with his performances with Bilbao
Real Madrid will reportedly make their move to sign Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga and are ready to meet his £17.7 million release clause.
.Los Blancos are keen to announce the signing of Kepa in the first week of January, and Bernabéu chiefs are aware that there is only one way of making that happen: to meet his buy-out figure.
Athletic's president, Josu Urrutia, has always maintained that a player's release clause must be paid if they are to leave the Bilbao club.
Kepa Arrizabalag could be on his way to Real Madrid in January. Source: Tribuna
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Meanwhile, Real have no intention of agreeing a price higher than 20m to avoid a 'hostile' transfer.
Recent hand fracture means he may not have played his last game for Athletic, but is not serious enough to endanger the move.
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Zinedine Zidane would bring him into the first team squad with a view to him competing against Keylor Navas.
Real Madrid have also been heavily linked with Manchester United shot-stopper David De Gea and Chelsea's goalie Thibaut Courtois.
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Source: Sports.naija.ng
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Wednesday, 20 December 2017