REAL Madrid have made another ludicrous deal, this time to keep a player.

Plus Kerem Bulut has a new deal, Mark Milligan is linked with an A-League return and a Swedish third tier team profits from Victor Lindelof’s move to Manchester United.

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RIDICULOUS REAL BUYOUT CLAUSE

Real Madrid winger Marco Asensio has been linked with moves to Premier League clubs in the past six months – with Liverpool and Arsenal circling.

Instead, Asensio has penned a new six-year contract at the Spanish giants.

The kicker? His buyout clause – a cool €350 MILLION!

That equates to £309m or a ridiculous AU$518m.

Real Madrid's Marco Asensio celebrates their UEFA Champions League win. Source: AFP

Just take a moment to ponder the price just slapped on the 21-year-old’s head.

Perhaps the greatest player to grace the sport – Lionel Messi – has a bigger current buyout on his head?

His contract includes a clause of *only* €250m.

Reports in Spain suggest the Argentine genius could soon sign a new Barcelona contract, which would include a €400m release clause.

Asensio joined Real Madrid from Mallorca in December 2014 in a €3.9m deal, before returning there on loan, as well as to Espanyol, before breaking into the Los Blancos first team. His latest contract shows just how much Real want to keep hold of their starlet.

KEREM BULUT FINDS A NEW CLUB

Former Western Sydney Wanderers striker Kerem Bulut has found himself a new club, in the Turkish third division.

Bulut, who spent two stints with the Wanderers, was released by German third tier side Wehen Wiesbaden in April and has now joined Menemen Belediyespor – a team with a stadium capacity of just 2,000.

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Kulübümüz Almanya Wehen takımından forvet oyuncusu Kerem BULUT ile 2 yıl anlaşmaya vardı. pic.twitter.com/T9tiZDhDMr — Menemenspor (@MenemenspoResmi) June 8, 2017

It’s a big fall for the former Sydney FC youth team player, who spent three years in the Czech Republic before returning to the A-League.

A prolific six-month period with the Wanderers saw Bulut, 25, become a fan favourite before he left for Greece.

Bulut soon returned to the Wanderers, where he struggled to recapture his form and was released following reports of Tony Popovic being dissatisfied with his professionalism at training.

Bulut was once touted as Australian football’s next big striker, scoring 10 goals in 14 appearances for the Young Socceroos.

Ex-Wanderers striker Kerem Bulut. Source: News Corp Australia

MILLIGAN LINKED WITH A-LEAGUE RETURN

Socceroo Mark Milligan has been linked with a return to Melbourne Victory, as James Troisi’s exit looks almost certain.

The Herald Sun reports Troisi has not been offered a new contract with Victory and has been in talks with Premier League new boys Brighton and Hove Albion for a surprise move.

That means Victory will have a marquee spot up for grabs, and SBS reports they are looking to lure Milligan back to the club for the 2017-18 season in a deal that would sit outside the cap.

Mark Milligan after the Brazil game. Pic: Michael Klein Source: News Corp Australia

Milligan spent three seasons with Victory, which included him lifting the A-League title after a man-of-the-match performance against Sydney FC in the 2014-15 Grand Final.

The 31-year-old then spent two seasons in the UAE with club Baniyas, who were relegated from the top flight in May.

Milligan’s contract with the club is up and he has also been linked with a return to Newcastle Jets — a club he spent a guest stint with in 2008.

Mark Milligan lifted the A-League title with Melbourne Victory. Pic: George Salpigtidis Source: News Corp Australia

SWEDISH MINNOWS PROFIT FROM MAN UNITED TRANSFER

Swedish minnows Vasteras have earned a £3.6m cut of Manchester United’s transfer deal to sign Victor Lindelof from Benfica.

Lindelof joined Manchester United on a four year deal, confirmed on Thursday morning AEST, with his youth club intelligently inserting a sell on clause that nearly saw the deal collapse.

When Benfica bought Lindelof from Vasteras for £53,000 plus add ons when the defender was just 17-year-old.

Victor Lindelof in action for Benfica. Source: AFP

As Lindelof worked his way into the Benfica first team, the figure eventually rose to £2.6m, with the deal still stating Vasteras would get a 20% cut of any future transfer fee.

Benfica believed that clause ended when they re-signed the 22-year-old to a new contract, but Vasteras pushed for £7.2m from the reported £36m fee United paid for Lindelof.

That was since negotiated down to just 10% of the fee — £3.6m – which is still a fair old earner for a team that competes in Division 1 Norra in Sweden.

HULL’S RYAN MASON RETURNS TO TRAINING — AFP

Hull City’s Ryan Mason has returned to light training five months after a horrific clash of heads in a game against Chelsea resulted in him suffering a fractured skull.

The 26-year-old — Hull’s record signing last year when he joined from Tottenham Hotspur for £12 million — confessed to feeling lucky to be alive after being rushed to hospital following the clash with Chelsea’s Gary Cahill in late January.

However, Mason was able to tweet: “Back at it...” on Wednesday below a video of him running on the training ground.

Mason, who was sorely missed as Hull ended up being relegated to the second-tier Championship, had 14 plates inserted into his skull and spent eight days in hospital.

Mason — who lay prone on the ground for eight minutes after the clash — returned to Hull’s training ground to meet players and staff for the first time last month.

Hull, who appointed experienced Russian Leonid Slutsky last week as manager to replace Marco Silva, have not put a timescale on Mason’s return to full training.