Toni Kroos has welcomed Real Madrid’s links to Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba and Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe, but is eager to point out that he does not make transfer calls.
The Santiago Bernabeu is expected to be a busy place over the summer, with a number of comings and goings being mooted for the next window.
Zinedine Zidane is expected to be given a sizeable kitty with which to freshen up a squad that flopped badly in a 2018-19 campaign that delivered a third-place finish in La Liga, no silverware and three changes of manager.