Real Madrid tipped to make club-record £150m offer for Premier League superstar

Graeme Souness has predicted that Real Madrid will make an astonishing £150 million bid for a Premier League star next summer as they continue building their ‘galactico’ squad.

Real Madrid won their 15th Champions League title in 2024, defeating Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at Wembley with goals from Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Jr.

This victory has seemingly secured the Ballon d’Or for Vinicius, who is now the frontrunner for the award, ahead of Manchester City’s Rodri.

After their historic triumph, Madrid further strengthened their squad by signing Kylian Mbappe as a free agent following the expiration of his PSG contract in the summer.

Mbappe now joins Vinicius, Endrick, Rodrygo, and Jude Bellingham as attacking options for Carlo Ancelotti, but it’s believed that Madrid could still add more firepower.

Speaking to CaughtOffside, Souness suggested that Real Madrid might target Chelsea’s Cole Palmer next summer.

“I’m sure there are other players they could have cashed in on. Chelsea paid £40 million for Palmer but if Real Madrid come knocking next summer and he is still at the level he is showing, I would not be surprised if they got an offer of £150m for him,” Souness stated.

Despite debuting for Manchester City in 2020, Palmer only truly made a name for himself last season after his move to Stamford Bridge.

Since joining Chelsea, Palmer has scored 28 Premier League goals and provided 16 assists in just 41 appearances.

Palmer’s impressive debut season earned him a call-up to the England squad for Euro 2024, where he controversially didn’t start a single match.

Even though he wasn’t in Gareth Southgate’s starting lineup, Palmer made a significant impact on England’s tournament, assisting their last-minute semi-final winner and scoring a long-range equaliser in the final.

While the prospect of joining Real Madrid is tempting for any young footballer, it would likely require an enormous fee to acquire Palmer, who is contracted to Chelsea until 2033.