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Real Madrid star wants emergency talks amid Arsenal interest

Real Madrid star wants emergency talks amid Arsenal interest

Latest reports state that Real Madrid midfielder Marco Asensio is seeking emergency talks with the club as interest from Arsenal intensifies. The Gunners are understood to have made the 21-year-old a possible transfer target this summer and Asensio now wants assurances from Zinedine Zidane that he will be a regular starter for Los Blancos this season.
 
Spanish portal Diario Gol states that Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is ready to activate the players £72M release clause to bring him to The Emirates with reports stating that Asensio could use this interest as a bartering tool to get an improved contract at the Santiago Bernabeu.
 
The man from Menorca is still on a youth team player’s salary in the Spanish capital and is understood to have to want around £5M-a-season before committing his future to Real. Having scored 10 goals in 38 appearances last term, Asensio now believes he deserves a pay rise after proving his value to the team.