Sergio Ramos has revealed he would prefer to see Sevilla winger Jesus Navas join Real Madrid than Franck Ribery.
Madrid and Barcelona have both been strongly linked with a move for Bayern Munich star Ribery, but Navas, 24, has now emerged as a potential summer signing for both sides.And Ramos, who has played with Navas at Sevilla as well as for the national team, feels the Spanish midfielder would be a better signing.
"He's a top class player who is proving his talent every week," Ramos said in Marca. "He's ready to play in Madrid. He could do great things in our team. If I could choose, I would prefer him to Ribery."
Madrid president Florentino Perez is eager to sign up more Spanish players and 19-year-old Racing Santander midfielder Sergio Canales has already signed an agreement with the club.
Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas feels that Madrid are right to invest in homegrown talent, even if he has limited knowledge of Canales.
"It's good to see a Spanish team spending money on Spanish guys," he said in AS. "I've noticed that [Canales] has scored some nice goals, but I haven't seen him enough to know him really well."
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