The situation at the moment is great for us. Liverpool who will loose Xabi Alonso, the only team who could afford Sneijder and be top club enough that he wants, will go apparently for Aquilani (LOL).
Aston Villa is the same case like Vieira and Tottenham, but it's not about money this time. They have no chance for him whatsoever.
We're in pole position, and if nothing unexpected happens we have to get him in the end.
Loan deal is a very good deal for us, and a bad deal for Madrid. If we would get him on loan I would take this as a good move from our management. If he will not be good enough he will go for Madrid, no harm done for us. But if he'll do great we'll buy him for fixed price.
Seriously it is a win-win situation for us. Obviously I don't like 3-4 mln to pay them for the loan, but it is for the very same reason I stated in the first paragraph, and you can't have it all.