\ MANCHESTER UNITED are in talks to sign
Real Madrid outcast James Rodriguez
The Champions League
winners plan to flog Rodriguez in a bid to raise funds to swoop for Monaco
wonderkid Kylian Mbappe, according to French outlet RMC.
Real Madrid want £61m
(€70m) for the Colombia international, who was left out of Zinedine Zidane's
squad for the 4-1 win against Juventus.
Rodriguez's agent
Jorge Mendes - who also represents Jose Mourinho - has been tasked with sealing
a deal in the coming weeks.
Serie A big boys Inter
Milan are also holding discussions with Rodriguez while Paris St-Germain are
monitoring the situation.
Real Madrid are eager to win
the race for Monaco striker Mbappe, 18, and will return with a third bid.
Ligue
1 champions Monaco have already snubbed offers worth £87m (€100m) and £100m
(€115m) but Bernabeu chiefs are readying a fresh deal worth £118m plus bonuses
(€135m).
Mbappe, under contract until
2019, is the hottest prospect on the planet after chipping in with 26 goals and
14 assists this term.
Despite
the fevered interest in his signature, Mbappe has no intention to leave Monaco.
"For
the moment the player wants to stay at AS Monaco," a source told our reporter
The club and Mbappe want to
continue the adventure."
Mbappe
is keen to continue playing first-team football to secure his place in the
France squad for next summer's World Cup.
Monaco
are prepared to hand him a new contract to run until 2020 with a major pay
boost.
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