Not too long ago, Florentino Pérez promised Amadeo Salvo that he wouldn't sign José Luis Gayà. The Valencia director told the story himself on radio station COPE at the end of February, when there were rumours abound about Real Madrid's interest in the full-back, but Salvo didn't reveal the full details of the conversation.

The Real president has since added a footnote to the story. Florentino did actually leave the door open for Gayà to join Real, but only if Valencia felt they had to let their gem move to the Premier League because of an offer that they couldn't refuse.

Florentino told Salvo that in this scenario he would like the Valencia president to contact him so they could talk business. Gayà would be a popular choice at the Santiago Bernabéu. 'Los Blancos' are potentially in the market for a left-back because of the near certainty of Fábio Coentrão moving on. However, another possibility would be that they don't sign anyone and Álvaro Arbeloa becomes back-up for Marcelo with Dani Carvajal and Danilo on the right.