Real Madrid to offer Man Utd's Tevez £25M pre-contract

Real Madrid are willing to break the bank to trump Manchester United for Carlos Tevez.

The Daily Star says Real will hand Tevez the £25m, five-year deal he wants as Manchester United were last night trying to knock down the Argentinian’s price.

The Spanish giants will do whatever it takes to steal Tevez from United in the summer.

It is believed that a permanent £32m deal was outlined in 2007 for Tevez when he left West Ham for Old Trafford.

But with the changing transfer market and credit crunch, United no longer want to pay that amount for the 32-year-old, especially after forking out £30m-plus on Dimitar Berbatov.

Now Madrid are waiting in the wings and will be happy to pay what it takes in the summer to land Tevez.

They are able to sign a pre-contract agreement with Tevez now that the January transfer window has opened.