Real Madrid 'plan summer clear-out to bring in over €500m'

A whole host of player sales are expected to help finance the anticipated end-of-season overhaul of the Real Madrid's squad.

A busy summer of transfer business is in the offing at the Bernabéu, as Real Madrid prepare an overhaul that will see a raft of players brought in, and a fair few others shipped out - not only to make way for the new signings, but also to help finance them.

With uncertainty over the futures of several big names, Madrid could potentially pocket around 470m euros from player sales, according to the valuations provided by Transfermarkt.com - a specialist website which offers a useful guide but, in the main, most likely underestimate how much the club would seek for outgoing stars.

Indeed, they could end up banking a figure over the 500m-euro mark.

Varane, Kroos and James

Raphaël Varane, Toni Kroos and James Rodríguez are considered by Transfermarkt.com to be the departures that would be most financially beneficial to Madrid: they are each valued at 80m euros. However, as was revealed by AS this week, Los Blancos are reluctant to lose Varane, are planning to offer the defender a pay rise, and would not let him leave for less than 100m. On the other hand, they will have to settle for 42m for James if Bayern opt to activate their purchase option on the Colombian, who is currently on a two-year loan in Bavaria.

Bale and Isco

Gareth Bale and Isco are deemed by Transfermarkt.com to be worth 70m and 60m euros, respectively. However, Madrid can be expected to hold out for over 100m for Bale, while Isco would fetch a fee lower than the Welshman's, but higher than 60m.

Marcelo and Kovacic

Marcelo and Mateo Kovacic are both valued at 35m, but the Brazilian, who in the wake of Zinedine Zidane's return is believed to be minded to stay at Madrid, would in all likelihood cost double that figure. The Croat, who the club are unhappy with over the manner in which he agitated for his season-long loan to Chelsea, will probably be sold for more like 50m.

Mariano and Vallejo

Mariano Díaz, who is all but certain to depart, would come with a 20m-euro price tag, says Transfermarkt - an amount which appears to be the minimum Madrid would ask for. Jesús Vallejo's value, meanwhile, is put at 10m. The defender is set to leave, either on loan or on a permanent deal with a buy-back clause; the former option would not normally include any kind of fee.