Miguel Ángel Gil Marín has told ESPN that Atlético Madrid are interested in James Rodríguez despite reports now saying he will stay at Real Madrid. The Atlético director also spoke about the current dispute they have with Barcelona over the Antoine Griezmann transfer.

"We presented a report to the federations and to LaLiga," he said. "We won't get into the process of getting the difference back.

"Now we are starting to have conversations with legal services. We don't want to do gratuitous damage between the club, the complaint will follow it's course. We will see what happens in the next few weeks."

He did say, however, that they had evidence that Griezmann signed the contract before his release clause dropped from €200 million to €120 million.

"I know it exists because I have it, but in any case, we will let things follow on their path," he continued.