According to a recent report by Marca, Los Blancos are keen to seal the deal with the player as ‘soon as possible’.
The La Liga heavyweights have offered him a four-year contract worth around £9m-a-year.
They are ‘close’ to securing his signature in spite of interest from the likes of the Blues and Manchester United.
The London-based outfit were one of four teams tipped to land the 75-cap Austria international.
Alaba will leave Die Roten in the summer after he refused to renew his current contract.
The versatile defender has netted 32 goals and made 49 assists in 404 games for the club.
In other news, Chelsea won’t appoint an interim manager to take over if they decide to sack Frank Lampard in the coming weeks.
The club icon is fighting for his job at Chelsea after defeat at Leicester City on Tuesday continued their poor form and left the west Londoners in eighth place in the Premier League.
Chelsea’s disappointing recent form, the latest defeat was their fifth loss in eight league games, comes on the back of a mammoth summer spend of £220m that was expected to see them challenge for the Premier League title.
As Sportsmail reported on Wednesday, Frank faces the prospect of losing his job if he cannot revive his side’s top-four aspirations as the club’s board begin to lose patience.
But, according to The Independent, they do not want to appoint an interim head coach to steer the club through the remainder of the campaign.
Chelsea learn asking price for ex-Salzburg attacking sensation
Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Braut Haaland is a man in demand and one of the sides most keen to land him is Frank Lampard’s Chelsea.
The Athletic reported this week that Chelsea are willing to break their own transfer-record in a bid to sign the striker from BVB this summer.
Chelsea in real danger of losing 19-year-old academy midfielder
A Stamford Bridge source has told Football Insider this has opened the door for a host of Premier League and Bundesliga outfits to swoop in the January window.
The versatile player has made 10 appearances this campaign in Premier League 2 and EFL Trophy, scoring four goals and grabbing four assists in the process.
The England youth international is regarded as a huge talent and German teams can tie him to a pre-contract from in January.
He has been training with Chelsea’s first team in recent weeks but is yet to make a matchday roster for the senior side.
The Cambridge-born prodigy played a key role in the Blues Under-18 side that reached last campaign’s FA Youth Cup final.
Lewis scored a hat-trick versus Wolves in the fifth-round and found the net and provided an assist in his side’s 3-2 defeat to Manchester City in the final.
After playing a bit-part role for the U23s last season, the number 10 or wide attacker has emerged as a regular this season.
In his last two matches for Andy Myers’ side, Marcel has scored three goals – including a brace versus Manchester United.
Lewis was also involved in their fiery London derby against Tottenham’s Under-23s last month which saw club legend Petr Cech return to action and 16-year-old Alfie Devine sent off for a risky challenge on Danny Drinkwater.
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