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According to media outlet Diario AS, Spanish international Marco Asensio turned down offers from at least 12 clubs because he only wanted to play for Real Madrid.

Premier League side Liverpool and Italian champions AC Milan were some of the clubs that were reportedly interested in signing the Real Madrid attacker.

Asensio’s Real Madrid contract expires at the end of the season and there has been no contract offer from Real Madrid.

Meanwhile, Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has claimed Real Madrid transfer target Jude Bellingham is a better player than Premier League greats like Paul Scholes, Frank Lampard, Patrick Vieira, Steve Gerrard and Roy Keane.

“We said it as soon as we saw it, what he’s doing in his position, at his age, we haven’t seen. The best of our generation, Lampard, Gerrard, Scholes, Vieira, Roy Keane, those guys weren’t doing this,” Ferdinand told BT Sport.

“I’m just saying that they weren’t doing this. He’s still got to go on an prove it and do it over a long period of time. But they weren’t doing what he is doing right now. Influencing a game at this level, captaining a team at this level.

“He’s the full package and mentally, this kid’s a beast. No doubts about that. One thing you have to say about him, whoever gets him, one question that won’t have to be answered is the temperament.

“When you’re making big transfers, the temperament is the key thing you need to get right. This kid has already proved that his temperament is not even a question mark.”