Rafael Benitez has confirmed that Florentino Perez is planning a meeting with Sergio Ramos to convince him to stay. Perez, who famously doesn’t get along with Ramos, flew in to China ahead of the team to the hotel, in preparation for the discussion.

Real Madrid’s plan is to convince Ramos to change his mind about the future, convince him to stay and give him the captaincy.

At lunch, the president told me he’s going to talk to him. Sergio looked very good to me; I saw him score a cracking goal. As always.

Two days ago, Benitez insisted he was “sure” that Ramos would be a Real Madrid player next season.