Madrid favourites to sign Soumaré

Up to six top level teams are interested in the French-Senegalese midfielder, who has pleasantly surprised at Lille so far this season.

At 20-years-old, he has already played 17 Ligue 1 games this season and six games in the Champions League Group Stages, becoming an essential part of the Lille squad.

According to 'L'Equipe', the interested clubs are: Real Madrid, Tottenham, Manchester United, Napoli, Valencia and Wolves, the last team being the only ones to make a firm offer (40 million euros), which was rejected by Lille.

But this was in the summer. This time it is different, because all the rumours point to Soumare leaving in the winter market and for no less than 60 million euros.

Madrid know a lot about his quality and what he could bring to Zinedine Zidane's squad. He is a footballer with extraordinary physcial skills and could give Casemiro a break in one of the most important positions on the pitch.