Over the weekend the Arsenal transfer rumours surrounding our reported hopes of securing the transfer of the Colombian international star James Rodriguez from Real Madrid were not very promising at all, with most of the football media sources were suggesting that our English Premier League rivals Chelsea had beaten us to the punch.
Perhaps they were a bit premature though, because the Evening Standard is now reporting that Antonio Conte and Chelsea are not willing to meet the asking price of Madrid, who apparently want to make a profit on the £63 million they paid to Monaco for the player after he starred at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
So in a way you could say that Arsenal’s chances of completing this big name signing are looking brighter, while on the other hand we have to ask whether the notoriously careful Arsene Wenger would be willing to pay around £70 million for a player who did not even make Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid bench for the Champions League final win over Juventus?
We should soon find out, as Madrid apparently need the money to fund their own transfer pursuits this summer, such as a world record move for the young Monaco striker Kylian Mbappe.
Bob.