With the explosion of Marco Asensio at Real Madrid since his return from loan this summer, the future of James Rodriguez has been a big source of articles for the Spanish media.
Considering the fee the La Liga giants bought the Colombian for, as well as their reluctance to see him go for cheap, only a few clubs in the world are capable of acquiring his services, and most of them are in the Premier League.
This means, from time to time, you’ll have someone write an article about Arsenal’s or Chelsea’s want for the attacking midfielder, and El Confidencial relay a story from the Sunday Express on Tuesday.
The story from the English media claims a bid of nearly €70m has been made for the player, but the Spanish newspaper seem to deny this.
They say: “The reality is the big Premier League clubs have known for months now, because they were informed by his agent, that James’ situation in Real Madrid isn’t clear.”
It seems that, so far, no bids have been placed for the Colombian star, probably because Zinedine Zidane insists on his want to keep the forward for the coming season, despite not starting him.
From James’ point of view, seeing a youngster, albeit a very talented one, start ahead of you when you were bought for around €80m has got to hurt.
There’s a week left in the transfer window, and plenty of time for a bid to be made, but this late in, we doubt it’ll happen.
