End of an era for Real Madrid 2010

Real Madrid midfielder Guti is leaving the La Liga giants after a quarter of a century and mulling an offer from Turkish club Besiktas.

The 33-year-old former Spain international, who joined Real's youth setup in 1985 and made his first-team debut a decade later, helped Real win five domestic league titles and three European Champions League titles.

A hero among hard-core fans and a club captain, he would be coached at Besiktas by German Bernd Schuster, who was in charge at Real between 2007 and 2008. Guti said, ''I am leaving with the knowledge that the Real Madrid family loves me and that's very important.''

Asked about his future, he added: "I have an interesting offer from Besiktas but I haven't decided yet. What I know for sure is that wherever I go I will give my best."Reports in Spain in recent days have said that another of Real's long-term servants, striker Raul, is also set to leave the Bernabeu and will announce his departure for Bundesliga club Schalke 04 on Monday.

Raul, 33, another club captain and a talisman for the fans, made his debut for Real in La Liga in October 1994 at the age of 17 and has won six league titles and three Champions Leagues, twice finishing top scorer in the Spanish league.

In October last year, he equalled German Gerd Mueller's record of 66 goals in the three main European club competitions when he scored against AC Milan in the Champions League. He holds the all-time scoring record for Spain with 44 goals in 102 appearances, one more than his successor in the number seven shirt David Villa.

Mancini looking to break up unsettled Torres

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is ready to make a big-money move for Fernando Torres if the striker decides to leave Liverpool.

Torres is believed to be unsettled at Anfield with new Reds boss Roy Hodgson admitting the Spaniard has a "beef'' with the club. Mancini is looking to add another top striker to his bulging squad and reports indicate he could spend up to £70 million to sign Torres ahead of Chelsea, or else look to Edin Dzeko of Wolfsburg or Inter Milan's Mario Balotelli.

Mancini said, ''Torres is one of the best strikers in Europe and is already playing in the Premier League for three years and knows it very well. But it depends on his situation - his price and whether he wants to come. There are two or three strikers that we could go for, but it is the same situation as it is with James Milner. First there is the price and then it depends if the players want to change team.''

Liverpool's failure to qualify for the Champions League removes that barrier from what City can offer, while the Manchester club's ability to pay their top players up to £200,000 per week would almost double his current pay packet.

Jerome Boateng, Aleksandar Kolarov, Yaya Toure and David Silva have already joined City this summer but Mancini's recruitment drive is far from over, although he admitted the almost limitless wealth of City's owners has been a sticking point in negotiations as clubs hold out for over-the-odds prices they know City can easily meet. Aston Villa midfielder James Milner is one player who continues to interest Mancini but he insists the club will not be held to ransom."When Manchester City enquire about a £10 million player, the club asks for £20 million.

That is not good for us,'' said Mancini. "James is still a player who interests us but only at the right price.''However, Robinho looks certain to leave Eastlands after Mancini confirmed the forward does not want to play for the club. The forward spent the second half of last season on loan at Santos.

Mancini said, "I don't know about Robinho's situation because he doesn't want to come back, I have now, with all the new signings, 30 players. It is important that we get to the start of the season with only 25 players because that is the number of names we can put on the list. It is better for me and the other players who are not on the list that they go to another team. I think it is better for the extra that they go rather than staying and not playing. That would be a big problem, for the players and for us."