Real Madrid have completed the signing of Inter midfielder Mateo Kovacic, subject to a medical, in a deal reported to be worth €35million.

The Croatia international pens a six-year deal at the Santiago Bernabeu, and brings an end to a two-and-a-half-year stay in Milan.

Kovacic had been linked with Liverpool earlier in the transfer window, but a move to the Premier League never materialised.

The 21-year-old, who scored five goals in 35 Serie A appearances last season, switched to Inter in January 2013 after joining from Dinamo Zagreb in his homeland.