AS Roma and Inter Milan face being trumped by Real Madrid for Hellas Verona midfielder Juan Manuel Iturbe.
The Argentine is on-loan at Verona from Porto and was expected to move to either Roma or Inter this summer.
However, Sky Italia says with no agreement with either Serie A club, his agent, Gustavo Mascardi, is now in Spain for talks with Real.
Mascardi is close to Real coach Carlo Ancelotti and is now in negotiations about taking Iturbe to Madrid for next season.