Florentino Perez wants to organise a Nadal-Federer match at the Santiago Bernabeu Real Madrid Would likely set a record attendance in the sport

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez wants the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu to host a match between Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer.

The famous stadium, which holds 81,044 seats, would likely shatter the record for an attendance at a tennis match, with the record currently held by Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters' 2010 clash in Brussels that had 35,681 people present.

The report about Florentino's plan comes from ABC, who note that the Real Madrid president last night proposed his idea and stated his desire for a match between Nadal and Federer to take place at the Bernabeu.

However, the idea of playing in Real Madrid's stadium is nothing new. In 2012, Nadal had committed to what would have been a record attending match against Novak Djokovic, but it has to be called off due to the knee injury that the Spaniard suffered which kept him out of the 2012 London Olympics.

Before this possible match at the Bernabeu, the two of the most successful tennis players of all time - Nadal and Federer - will face off in a 55,000-seater stadium in Cape Town on February 7, a clash that is set to break Williams and Clijsters' record.