Le Havre midfielder Guieda Fofana is interesting Real Madrid.
Fofana has also been linked with Aston Villa and Liverpool this summer.
"It would not surprise me, although we have not spoken," Le Havre president Jean Pierre Louvel.
"Mou (Jose Mourinho) was here when he wanted Lass (Lassana Diarra) at Chelsea. Fofana is similar and has already made it clear that his idea is to progress further in his career and seek new heights."
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