There will be a Florentino Pérez – Sergio Ramos summit in China. The Real Madrid president hasn’t been in Australia, where the team are taking part in their first leg of the International Champions Cup, but plans to be in Guangzhou and Shanghai to watch the games against Inter and Milan and see the development of the team under new manager Rafa Benítez.

Florentino Pérez has decided he has to sit down at the earliest opportunity and discuss Sergio Ramos’ situation with the player himself, aware as he is that the future of the defender, hero of the Décima, is very much up in the air.

Manchester United have made an offer of 60 million euros for the player, and have also reached a verbal agreement with the player on the amounts he would earn if he moved to Old Trafford. Van Gaal has said Ramos is part of the process and that would seem to be true. United want Ramos, and the player has asked Madrid to listen to offers from the English club, because his desire is to leave.