Real Madrid are prepared to pay David Alaba the same salary as captain Sergio Ramos currently earns.

While Real president Florentino Perez is pushing Ramos to accept a cut on his current wages to re-sign, he has approved similar terms with departing Bayern Munich defender Alaba, reports Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano.

The deal would make Alaba, whose Bayern deal expires in June, among the highest paid defenders in the game and just €500,000-a-year short of Ramos' current contract, which now has less than two months to run.

Ramos, 35, has been haggling over a new contract with Florentino for over a year.