Julian Faubert's agent has revealed the story behind the West Ham flop's shock move to the Spanish giants and how two games against Spurs sealed the deal.
The Frenchman hadn't exactly set the world alight at West Ham, with his agent even admitting his surprise to hear of the interest from Los Blancos.
'I called a friend in Spain,' says Le Mée. 'I said: "Look, somebody from Real Madrid called me about Faubert. It's so strange." He called the sports director to check and phoned me back. "Yvan, it's true. They want to see you at 7 am tomorrow at Heathrow airport".