Real Madrid give Napoli an ultimatum for James

Real Madrid wants James Rodriguez's future to be resolved quickly, not to get stuck in a transfer market where the club has several pending issues. Napoli have wanted him for a long time, but both teams do not agree on how to speed up the Colombian's transfer to the Italian team.

"What I don't understand is why Bayern Munich, who have three times our budget, had him on loan, but they are asking us for 42 million. We also need another player to guarantee us 30 goals," said Aurelio De Laurentiis, the famously peculiar president of Napoli.

The big conflict is, as De Laurentiis said, that Real Madrid does not want to loan James Rodriguez, who spent two years on loan at Bayern Munich already. The Bavarian team did not exercise their buyout option set out in the loan, something they want to avoid again at the Bernabeu.

Madrid wants cash, fresh money with which to clean up the accounts after the already important investments made in the market. Zidane still dreams of Pogba, but United's high pretensions have prevented the French midfielder from landing in the capital of Spain.

A city in which James Rodriguez could continue to live, as Atlético de Madrid is still waiting. They might hold out until the last moment, but the left-footed player is in their plans. Madrid, meanwhile, gave an ultimatum to Naples, according to 'Il Corriere del Mezzogiorno': either they decide this week or they can say goodbye to James.