The France World Cup winner has been linked with a big-money move to Spanish giants Real Madrid and former club Juventus. But can big-spending Real afford the 26-year-old and stay within about Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules? With the exception of Thibaut Courtois' arrival from Chelsea last summer, Real have stayed away from big-name signings since 2014, when Toni Kroos and James Rodriguez arrived at the Bernabeu. Real had 190m euros in the bank in their last published accounts in June 2018. They should easily be able to meet the demands of FFP rules, which limit losses to 30m euros over a rolling three-year period.

Source: BBC June 18, 2019 13:10 UTC