Real keen to cash in on quartet
Real Madrid quartet Arjen Robben, Wesley Sneijder, Rafael Van der Vaart and Alvaro Negredo will all be sold this summer to help the Madridistas balance their books, according to reports in Spain.
The Bernabeu giants have splashed out more than €250 million during the close-season on Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Xabi Alonso, Alvaro Arbeloa and Raul Albiol, as they aim to replicate Barcelona's treble-triumph from last season.
But having received just €33 million from the sales of Javi Garcia, Javier Saviola, Dani Parejo and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Spanish daily AS have claimed that the 31-time la Liga winners are eager to offload more of their unwanted talent.
The Dutch trio have already been linked with a string of Premier League clubs, including Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, with Hull City recently reported to have joined the race for Spanish striker Negredo.
While Inter Milan are thought to be keen on signing one of either Sneijder or Van der Vaart before the end of August.
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