Madrid's rarely concede defeat, especially to their ferocious foes Barca, but Real madrid, has admitted that they ca not compete with the Catalans to sign David Villa from Valencia.

Barcelona are reportedly set to make an official €50 million offer, €40m in cash plus Martin Caceres and Bojan Krkic (on loan), a proposal that easily outmatches Los Blancos’ €25 million plus Alvaro Negredo bid.

And Valdano, a former Valencia coach, has advised his old club to take up the deal.

“If Barcelona are prepared to offer €50 million, including Bojan and Caceres, for David Villa, I would sell if I were Valencia, because we wouldn't be able to arrive at that figure nor are we going to push it,” he said in an interview with Onda Cero and Radio Marca.

“We have been negotiating over the past week, but there were disagreements. It was mainly about money, but later on, there was also the issue of a including a player in the deal and that was causing an inflation.

“Everything seemed to be well on track but in the end, it all went astray.”

Two other players who have been strongly linked with a move to Real Madrid as a fall back plan for David Villa,Ibrahimovic and Forlan, also look unlikely to pull on the famous white jersey next season, as Valdano dismissed rumours that he is tracking them.

He confessed, “We have two or three different alternatives, but they aren't either one of those two players.”

Midfield

Things are not looking any brighter for Valdano and Real Madrid on the "Xabi Alonso" and Ribery front, as the director admitted to complications in pulling off either deal.

"Zidane speaks wonders of Ribery, and there was an interest at some point,” he revealed. “But that’s a difficult issue now because they Bayern are setting astronomical figures as they have no intentions of selling him.

“As for Xabi alonso, his club, Liverpool, have already released an official notice and it would be very difficult to see him move to bernabeu. We made an effort to sign him a few years ago. We spoke to Real Nadrid Sociedad but when I left, the interest faded away.

“And as for Silva… I do not know what to do with Valencia. I have read that he is intransferable.”

Defence

The main worry now for most Real Madrid fans is that the club have yet to make any strides to strengthen one of their weak points last season: the back line. But Valdano assured that they are very much working on it.

He said, “We are worried about some positions, but we still have two and a half months to analyse what we need and what we already have. The coach "Manuel Pellegrini" also has a say in things.

“Ezequiel Garay has already been signed. He will join us for the pre season and Manuel Pellegrini will decide whether or not he stays. He is definitely an interesting player."

Finally, Valdano justified the club’s mammoth €94m bid for Ronaldo - which followed the €68m signing of Ricardo Kaka - before he went on to hit back at Barcelona chief Joan Laporta.

“These signings are agreed upon because the strategy of the club takes us to them,” he remarked.

“There’s no need to ask Manuel Pellegrini, ‘What do you think of ronaldo? Does he adapt to your style?’ It goes without saying. Florentino makes the coach happy with these signings.

“All this talk from Barcelona about imperialism and distorting the market is just in bad taste. These are really good players and I can’t be bothered talking about the economic side of things, other than to say that it will produce an incredible effect.

“The Italian and English football market seemed impoverished, so these signings are going to be suitable for all the leagues.”

Madrid's rarely concede defeat, especially to their ferocious foes Barca, but Real madrid, has admitted that they ca not compete with the Catalans to sign David Villa from Valencia.

Barcelona are reportedly set to make an official €50 million offer, €40m in cash plus Martin Caceres and Bojan Krkic (on loan), a proposal that easily outmatches Los Blancos’ €25 million plus Alvaro Negredo bid.

And Valdano, a former Valencia coach, has advised his old club to take up the deal.

“If Barcelona are prepared to offer €50 million, including Bojan and Caceres, for David Villa, I would sell if I were Valencia, because we wouldn't be able to arrive at that figure nor are we going to push it,” he said in an interview with Onda Cero and Radio Marca.

“We have been negotiating over the past week, but there were disagreements. It was mainly about money, but later on, there was also the issue of a including a player in the deal and that was causing an inflation.

“Everything seemed to be well on track but in the end, it all went astray.”

Two other players who have been strongly linked with a move to Real Madrid as a fall back plan for David Villa,Ibrahimovic and Forlan, also look unlikely to pull on the famous white jersey next season, as Valdano dismissed rumours that he is tracking them.

He confessed, “We have two or three different alternatives, but they aren't either one of those two players.”

Midfield

Things are not looking any brighter for Valdano and Real Madrid on the "Xabi Alonso" and Ribery front, as the director admitted to complications in pulling off either deal.

"Zidane speaks wonders of Ribery, and there was an interest at some point,” he revealed. “But that’s a difficult issue now because they Bayern are setting astronomical figures as they have no intentions of selling him.

“As for Xabi alonso, his club, Liverpool, have already released an official notice and it would be very difficult to see him move to bernabeu. We made an effort to sign him a few years ago. We spoke to Real Nadrid Sociedad but when I left, the interest faded away.

“And as for Silva… I do not know what to do with Valencia. I have read that he is intransferable.”

Defence

The main worry now for most Real Madrid fans is that the club have yet to make any strides to strengthen one of their weak points last season: the back line. But Valdano assured that they are very much working on it.

He said, “We are worried about some positions, but we still have two and a half months to analyse what we need and what we already have. The coach "Manuel Pellegrini" also has a say in things.

“Ezequiel Garay has already been signed. He will join us for the pre season and Manuel Pellegrini will decide whether or not he stays. He is definitely an interesting player."

Finally, Valdano justified the club’s mammoth €94m bid for Ronaldo - which followed the €68m signing of Ricardo Kaka - before he went on to hit back at Barcelona chief Joan Laporta.

“These signings are agreed upon because the strategy of the club takes us to them,” he remarked.

“There’s no need to ask Manuel Pellegrini, ‘What do you think of ronaldo? Does he adapt to your style?’ It goes without saying. Florentino makes the coach happy with these signings.

“All this talk from Barcelona about imperialism and distorting the market is just in bad taste. These are really good players and I can’t be bothered talking about the economic side of things, other than to say that it will produce an incredible effect.

“The Italian and English football market seemed impoverished, so these signings are going to be suitable for all the leagues.”