Real Madrid, one of the world’s best-known soccer clubs, is trying to arrange a game in late July in the Bay Area, a source involved with the Guinness International Champions Cup told this newspaper.

Real, one of eight soccer giants featured in the 2014 Champions Cup, wants to play a top opponent in an area football stadium. The source declined to be identified because details have not been finalized.

With the A’s playing a long homestand at the end July, the venue choices appear to be Candlestick Park or Stanford Stadium.

The Earthquakes are scheduled to open $1.3 billion Levi’s Stadium on Aug. 2 against the Seattle Sounders, perhaps eliminating the 49ers’ new digs. The Quakes also announced this week they have scheduled a friendly July 27 at Candlestick against Atletico Madrid.

Real will train at UCLA and participate in the popular preseason Champions Cup, which draws big European teams to the United States. Real has games July 26 in Phoenix, July 29 in Dallas and Aug. 2 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Other tournament participants are AC Milan, AS Roma, Inter Milan, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Olympiacos of Greece.

Last year, Juventus of Turin, Italy, trained at Stanford and played English side Everton at Candlestick.

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