Chelsea are reportedly plotting a €90 million (£78.16 million) offer for Real Madrid’s James Rodriguez, with the playmaker’s future with Los Blancos said to be in doubt.
Sport reported “according to information in England,” the Blues would be willing to spend big to secure the Colombia international, who has fallen out of favour at the Santiago Bernabeu. It’s suggested manager Antonio Conte wants to add a defender and creator to his squad.
Adding fuel to that speculation is a report from Jose Felix Diaz of Marca (translated by Aldo Sainati), in which it’s suggested Rodriguez’s Real Madrid career is currently “on a knife-edge” with manager Zinedine Zidane said to be encouraging the former Monaco man “to try his luck elsewhere, as the current situation is unsustainable.