UPDATE 1-Soccer-Real spending spree not normal, says Platini

* Platini says does not approve of Real spending spree

* Comments come in interview with L'Equipe

* Real's Valdano defends club's business model (adds Valdano comments)

PARIS, July 2 (Reuters) - There is something "not normal" about the huge sums of money spent by clubs like Real Madrid in the transfer market, UEFA president Michel Platini was quoted as saying on Thursday.

Real took their recent spending spree to around 215 million euros ($303 million) when they signed French forward Karim Benzema from Olympique Lyon on Wednesday.

Benzema will follow Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo, Brazilian playmaker Kaka and Spanish defender Raul Albiol to the Bernabeu Stadium.

"Does the club making such enormous transfers have the money or not?," Platini asked in an interview in Thursday's French sports daily L'Equipe.

"The Ronaldo transfer, personally, puts a question to me, but then, if Real has a guarantee from banks....

"Personally, I can't understand that you can spend 90 million euros on a player," Platini added. "But I remember the transfer of (Diego) Maradona from Barcelona to Naples (in 1984). It must have been for the equivalent of 6.5 million euros and people already found it indecent.