Carlo Ancelotti reportedly told Brazilian coach Tite that Marco Reus will be a target for Real Madrid.
Ancelotti is interested in Cruzeiro's 21-year-old holding midfielder Lucas Silva.
"Ancelotti told me that they could sign [Silva] and asked me if he could play in the position of [Luka] Modric or [Toni] Kroos, because he told me 'the president does not sign defenders,'" Tite said. "[Perez] wanted to sign Reus and Ancelotti asked him where he could fit him in."
Manchester United, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Juventus and Roma have also been linked to Silva.