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Real Madrid & Napoli must make sacrifices for James, claims De Laurentiis

The Colombia international is in limbo at the La Liga giants and the president of the Serie A club hopes for a breakthrough in talks

Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has called on Real Madrid to join his club in making “sacrifices” in order to complete a move for James Rodriguez.

James is in limbo after his two-year loan with Bayern Munich came to an end without the Bundesliga champions exercising their purchase option for the Colombian attacker.

Reports suggest James has no place in the plans of Zinedine Zidane, while Napoli head coach Carlo Ancelotti, who coached James at Madrid and Bayern, and De Laurentiis have both been open about their desire to bring him to Italy.