Real Madrid legend Raul can see them buying an American soccer franchise.

Raul played two seasons with New York Cosmos.

He told AS: "If at some point they started a franchise it wouldn't be a bad thing. It's about studying the numbers because it's a big investment. Manchester City did it because they had a global strategy. The sheikh has a team in Abu Dhabi, and others in Australia and Japan… It's something global.

'Madrid and Barcelona have the capacity to do it. Atlético, for example, have been over here looking into it. It could be a possibility in the future but the idea still requires a lot of development."