Chelsea striker Diego Costa may ben in line for a return to Spain next summer, with Real Madrid stepping up their interest in the hitman.
Costa has enjoyed a storming but injury-hit season so far at Stamford Bridge.
But former Coventry striker John Aloisi believes Costa may end up at the Bernabeu if he keeps up his red-hot form.
He told Fox Sports Australia: “In pre-season friendlies maybe the first few games they may rest players, but because it’s so late into their pre-season they need their match rhythm and competition.
“I’ve only touched on Ronaldo but there’s so many other players, including Toni Kroos who starred at the World Cup.
“They’ve come up another level this season and there’s probably only one other team you see competing with them and that’s Bayern Munich.
“They’ve got stars all over the pitch, each year they bring in a new star so I can just imagine come July they’ll have some other star that’s done something unbelievable in world football and they’ll bring him along.
“It’ll be interesting to see who they could sign. There’s no-one bigger than Ronaldo and Messi at the moment, but they seem to get someone every year.
“They could make a bid for Diego Costa for instance, and we could be the first ones to see him line up for Real.”
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