Real Madrid are keen for Chelsea and Liverpool to bid for Rafael van der Vaart. Marca says the Spanish giants will try to tempt Liverpool and Chelsea into a move for Van der Vaart before the summer market shuts.
Real Madrid are ready to hawk their cast-offs to English suitors after building a squad Jose Mourinho believes can compete for La Liga and the Champions League this summer.
Van der Vaart wants to stay and fight for his place - a decision welcomed by Mourinho - but Madrid general manager Jorge Valdano has other ideas.
Roy Hodgson is understood to be keen, but does not have a big budget to spend at Anfield, while links to Chelsea have gone cold and a return to Germany may be more likely for the former Hamburg player.
