Benfica president Luis Filipe Vieira Ferreira was in Manchester last week to discuss a potential switch. With competition for places from Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, he knows he is no longer a first team player. After helping France win the Under-19 European Championship he has naturally stepped up and is excelling for the Under-21s. n £600,000-a-week while Mendes revealed a club offered Real Madrid £250m for Cristiano Ronaldo and wages of £1. ved from Tottenham to Real Madrid in 2012 after four years at White Hart LaneAP:Associated Press6Gareth Bale switched to Real Madrid from Tottenham in 2013 for a then world record £85millionBut Alli has been unable to help Spurs progress past the group stages of the Champions League this season, where they were bumped into the Europa League. Keep up to date with ALL the Real Madrid?news, gossip and transfers on our club pageWhen asked about. He has shown no fear in his 15 starts this term, picking up his first goal recently against Angers. art to join Liverpool with Champions League footballItalian StallionsSix Italian-based youngsters who can help Serie A soar back to the top of world footballBOOKIES BEWAREWith nearly a full New Year's fixture list for punters to have a flutter on, we reveal Britain's top ten hotspots for football accumulator winsKARREN BRADYI don't know why Swansea sacked Garry Monk in the first place, he was doing a very good job Tottenham are also believed to be keen but Nourinho believes the player he managed while bossing Real would prefer a switch to Old Trafford. majority of the season through injuryBank holiday Monday Premier League preview including West Ham v Man Utd ]But Carroll, who turns 28 on Friday, said: No, no, I dont know where that came from. A reunion with Koeman looks difficult for Schneiderlin, so it could be a battle of wills between Uni.