"Of course we would have loved to have had Messi at Madrid", Perez told Onda Cero, already boasting four-time Ballon d'Or victor and all-time leading goalscorer Cristiano Ronaldo.
A year later, moreover, Perez felt the squad wasn't complete, even with the addition of Bale, and made a decision to sign 2014 World Cup stars, James Rodriguez, Toni Kroos and Keylor Navas for a combined £95 million.
"The players are very fond of Keylor and also the coach".
Costa Rica goalkeeper Navas was criticised at several points last season for unconvincing displays which cost Real points leading to reports in the Spanish media that the club would make another move for De Gea.
The Champions League and the La Liga winners came close to signing the 26-year-old in the summer of 2015.
"If they are good, Real will show an interest at the appropriate time". Why he wanted Gea before?
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"He was four months out injured but he has given us many things in the three seasons", he told reporters.
The Real president also spoke about Italy's 18-year-old goalkeeper Donnarumma, who is nearly certain to leave his Serie A club in the coming months.
"Everyone says he's a great player, he's going to be the substitute for Buffon", Perez said.
The likes of Kylian Mbappe, Eden Hazard and David de Gea have been rumoured, but it seems United fans can breathe a little easy given the comments of Fiorentino Perez, the Los Blancos president.
Another young star believed to be on Madrid's radar is AC Milan and Italy goalkeeper Donnarumma. This signing marked the beginning of the era of galacticos, with Perez also bringing in Zinedine Zidane a year later for a new record fee of £46.6 million, Luis Ronaldo in 2002 and David Beckham in 2003. "But we will not talk about what we are doing", Real president explained.
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