Mendes and Kenyon finalize the signing of Coentrao

At eight o'clock yesterday afternoon, came at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Jorge Mendes and Peter Kenyon, partners since that Kenyon left Chelsea in which he held the position of CEO. They met with Jose Angel Sanchez with the intention of completing the signing of Coentrao by Real Madrid, and to address other issues.

Benfica knows that the offer from Real Madrid for Coentrao will be 22 million euros and a player. The three candidates for change Madrid for Lisbon are Garay (central defender), Gago (midfielder) and Pablo Sarabia (playmaker of the youth squad).

Meanwhile, Benfica takes for granted Coentrao's leaving to Real Madrid. So the Portuguese club takes a while looking for substitutes. The preferred is Cristian Ansaldi, left side of Rubin Kazan. The confirmation of the news came from the mouth of player's agent, Pedro Aldave: "We talk with Juventus and they want Ansaldi because he is versatile, but we are still at an early stage of the contacts. The player also interests to Benfica, but they are pending on the sale of Coentrao to make a firm proposal", he said.

Fabio Coentrao would sign for Real Madrid