"?Real Madrid are believed to have revived their attempts to prise versatile Austrian midfielder and defender David Alaba away from Bayern Munich this summer, despite failing with more than one previous approach.
According to AS, Real sent a club official to Bavaria last week to continue negotiating a possible deal. It comes after Los Blancos were reported to have had a €50m bid for Alaba rejected earlier this month.
It was said at the time that Real's director general, Jose Angel Sanchez, had held regular meetings in Munich with Alaba's father, George, who handles his son's business matters.
But, when the formal offer was rejected, it is believed to have made clear to the La Liga giants that Bayern will not accept anything less than €80m, a fee that matches what Real paid Monaco for James Rodriguez in 2014.
The subject of last week's meeting, then, was that price tag, with Real hoping to negotiate their German counterparts down from such a lofty valuation.
On the subject of the interest from the reigning European champions, George Alaba recently told AS, "Real Madrid are a really great club and we're very proud of their interest. This is all I can say, nothing more."
But Bayern's stance is a firm one. A week ago, club chief Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told SportBild, "We have a good relationship with Real Madrid as we do with Barcelona. But since 2008 it's been known around Europe that we don't sell players that we don't want to sell.
"The door is closed. No player will leave Bayern against our will."
Real, it seems, have their work cut out.
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