Real Madrid were keen to bring Raheem Sterling to Spain over the summer, but were thwarted by La Liga rules on signing non-EU players.
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Sterling left Manchester City for Chelsea in a £47.5m move earlier this year, and the Champions League holders would have been keen to pay that price for the England international.
However, Spanish publication AS reports that this only did not come to fruition because the Brazilians Eder Militao, Vinicius Jr and Rodrygo were filling Real’s three non-EU spots in their squad.
Similarly, Gabriel Jesus was wanted by Real when Arsenal signed him this summer, but he too was not a realistic option due to the non-EU rules. Erling Haaland was also off the agenda with Norway not being in the EU.