MADRID - Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has not ruled out a possible swoop for David Villa sometime in the future, but insists they would not break the bank to bring the Valencia hitman to the Bernabeu.
Real were closely linked in the media with a move for the Spain international earlier this month, so much so that the reigning Primera Liga giants released an official statement denying they were interested.
However, Calderon said when asked about Villa on television station Canal 9 on Tuesday evening: "Any executive or professional never closes the doors to anything.
"I suppose that a general director of a bank never says that he would never go to another bank if he had a good offer."
If they do go for Villa though, Calderon insists they will not be spending 150million euros on the striker, which is reportedly the buy-out clause on the 25-year-old's long-term contract with Valencia.
"With Ramon Calderon as president of this club, we will never pay 150million euros for a player," said the president, who insists if they did make a move for Villa they would do it through the right channels.
"What we don't do, we haven't done, or will do is for any management to bring in Villa or any other player without the knowledge of their president," he added.
"I personally have called the Valencia president (Juan Soler) to tell him that it (the recent rumours about Villa) is not true."
Real take on Valencia in the Primera Liga on Wednesday night at the Mestalla.
