Real Madrid will try to prise Arsene Wenger from Arsenal if Florentino Perez wins the Spanish club's presidential election.
Perez is bidding for a second spell as Real president, having lost out to Ramon Calderon in 2006.
It is claimed that the 61-year-old will make the capture of Wenger a key campaign pledge as he bids to return to power at the Santiago Bernabeu.
In his first term, Perez ushered in the 'Galacticos' era with the blockbuster signings of Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo and David Beckham.
A source close to Perez told the Daily Mirror: "Florentino wants to make Wenger both coach and general manager of Real in the summer - and will promise it will happen."
Although Wenger has previously rejected Real, the offer of a general manager position would give the Frenchman complete control over scouting and transfers, which is normally denied to managers in Spain.
Perez also has a habit of doing what it takes to get his man, having based his 2000 election campaign on the seemingly impossible signing of Figo from arch-rivals Barcelona.
Calderon was forced to quit last week following a vote-rigging scandal, and the club's 70,000 members will vote for a new supremo.
Perez is prepared to spend big to revive a Real side that have slipped 12 points off the pace in La Liga, and has made Kaka and Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas his main transfer targets.
The source said: "With Kaka and Fabregas as players and Wenger as coach, Florentino will take Real back to where they should be."
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