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Madrid Eyeing Saviola And Toldo

Madrid Eyeing Saviola And Toldo Real Madrid's rebuilding programme is set to continue unabated with Javier Saviola and Francesco Tolodo linked to the club Tuesday.

Los Merengues may not yet have appointed a new coach, but that has not prevented a flurry of stories appearing in the press regarding imminent signings.

Bernd Schuster is the outstanding candidate to take over from Fabio Capello and if AS and Marca are to be believed, he is advising the Madrid board on which players to move for.

Saviola has just returned from a two-week holiday in Argentina and is now ready to find himself a new club after refusing FC Barcelona's offer of a new deal.

With Schuster known to be a fan of the diminutive striker, Madrid may make an offer for his services even though president Ramón Calderón ruled out signing him earlier this year.

With his mother travelling back to Spain with him, Saviola is waiting for the call to move to the Bernabéu, according to Marca.

After failing to win a regular place in the Barça team under Frank Rijkaard, the former Monaco and Sevilla goalscorer has refused to rule out a switch to the Blaugrana's rivals.

Instead of following up their interest in Liverpool stand-in keeper Jerzy Dudek, Madrid have now been linked with a move for Toldo at Inter.

While the 35-year-old maybe available on a free transfer, it his wage demands that have caused some raised eyebrows in the boardroom of the Spanish giants.

Calderón knows that a replacement for Diego López, who moved to Villarreal for €6m last month, is needed, but does not want to pay over the odds.

Whichever custodian comes in will be back-up to Iker Casillas and if a new signing proves too costly then the club may well to promote a player from their youth ranks.