Real Madrid have reportedly secured a "verbal agreement" to sign Alan Souza Guimaraes from Palmeiras.
According to AS' Sergio Santos Chozas, Los Blancos want Alan to join Real Madrid Castilla next summer and hope to negotiate a fee below his €50 million release clause as he will only be one year away from the expiration of his contract in 2019.
Real are long-term admirers of the 17-year-old, and the powers that be at the club met with his agent, Juan Figger, in the Spanish capital for talks earlier in the year.