Agent Jorge Mendes has told Arsenal and Chelsea that Real Madrid are prepared to sell James Rodriguez.

The Colombia international has attracted interest from Paris St Germain but would like to play in the Premier League.

Cost could be an issue for the London clubs with Madrid wanting around £65million for the forward.

Arsenal, for one, are in serious need of additional firepower.

Arsene Wenger has already missed out on longstanding targets Gonzalo Higuain and Alvaro Morata, while Lyon appear to have priced the Gunners out of a move for striker Alexandre Lacazette.

Speaking after their opening day 4-3 defeat at home to Liverpool, Wenger admitted: "We need some players back and of course I've said many times before we are working very hard still to get one or two more players in.

"It's always desperate because there's not much time left but I don't know what you'd call desperate, it has to make sense and be quality.

"We've done that [spent big] before, but it's about identifying the players and the availability of the players."

How Arsenal forwards performed against Liverpool 6 show all How Arsenal forwards performed against Liverpool 1/6 Alexis Sanchez is neutered as a striker The Chilean is not by any means poor at leading the line, but it is clearly not a role he is comfortable with. Though he has led the line for Chile and Udinese it has been some time since he has been asked to play the sort of target man role that Arsenal strikers tend to be.



Throughout the 90 minutes, the runs that Sanchez times to perfection when he plays out wide didn’t quite pay off as the central striker – perhaps a more experienced No.9 would have known when to burst forward when Monreal had stolen the ball back on the half hour.



That is not to say that Sanchez cannot develop into a very good striker. But after such a capitulation, does Wenger have the time to remould his star forward? Getty Images 2/6 Alex Iwobi must keep starting spot Wenger does not usually deny players their wish to play for their country, and it seemed somewhat surprising when he did just that in blocking Alex Iwobi, who this time a year ago hadn’t played a minute in the top flight.



But Nigeria’s Olympic loss has been Arsenal’s gain, and now Iwobi has clearly usurped Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Joel Campbell in the pecking order for a wide role. There are plenty of others who should be looking over their shoulder too.



A perfectly placed assist for Walcott’s opener was typical of Iwobi’s display: the vision not only to find space for himself but to find others in space. One pass from the Nigerian took the entire Liverpool backline out of the game. You suspect he’ll be given the chance to make plenty more of them in the coming months. Arsenal FC via Getty Images 3/6 Aaron Ramsey suffers for lack of rest Presumably because Aaron Ramsey didn’t actually play in the Euro 2016 semi-final - even though he will have trained as hard as ever in the hope Wales would make the final - the Welsh midfielder was not afforded the same rest that Mesut Ozil had been. It showed.



For 20 minutes this was the Ramsey of 2013/14, an all-action presence who popped up everywhere and twice found shooting space in the box. Up until the hour - when Santi Cazorla took his place - this was the Ramsey of last season; ponderous, loose in possession and ill-disciplined.



Against the energy of Liverpool in the second half, the Gunners paid the price for Ramsey’s lack of match-fitness. Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images 4/6 10 years of Theo Walcott debate answered in 45 minutes Why did anyone ever question Walcott’s position when he so evidently has all the skills to be a very good right-winger? Yes, his penalty was not quite good enough - but it was perhaps the only blot on a really high-quality first half for the winger.



He remains something of a defensive liability – Liverpool enjoyed far too much space on the left in the second half – and perhaps shouldn’t have been trusted against such a high-energy team but, for now at least, the positional debate is settled. Arsenal FC via Getty Images 5/6 Options off the bench Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain continued his pre-season habit of scoring fine goals and Santi Cazorla would have got in on the act if Calum Chambers hadn’t touched his free-kick (it was heading in anyway).



The pair brought dynamism and energy from a bench that looked as formidable as any Wenger has named in his time at Arsenal. David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images 6/6 Who should start next week? Assuming that Olivier Giroud, Mesut Ozil, Jack Wilshere and Santi Cazorla are all deemed ready, Wenger will at least enjoy the luxury of choice.



Ozil and Sanchez remain certain starters while the Chilean’s struggles at centre-forward surely mean that Giroud must lead the line.



That leaves just one place for which six or seven players could be battling. For now, though, it seems Iwobi’s to lose - if he is fit at least. Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images 1/6 Alexis Sanchez is neutered as a striker The Chilean is not by any means poor at leading the line, but it is clearly not a role he is comfortable with. Though he has led the line for Chile and Udinese it has been some time since he has been asked to play the sort of target man role that Arsenal strikers tend to be.



Throughout the 90 minutes, the runs that Sanchez times to perfection when he plays out wide didn’t quite pay off as the central striker – perhaps a more experienced No.9 would have known when to burst forward when Monreal had stolen the ball back on the half hour.



That is not to say that Sanchez cannot develop into a very good striker. But after such a capitulation, does Wenger have the time to remould his star forward? Getty Images 2/6 Alex Iwobi must keep starting spot Wenger does not usually deny players their wish to play for their country, and it seemed somewhat surprising when he did just that in blocking Alex Iwobi, who this time a year ago hadn’t played a minute in the top flight.



But Nigeria’s Olympic loss has been Arsenal’s gain, and now Iwobi has clearly usurped Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Joel Campbell in the pecking order for a wide role. There are plenty of others who should be looking over their shoulder too.



A perfectly placed assist for Walcott’s opener was typical of Iwobi’s display: the vision not only to find space for himself but to find others in space. One pass from the Nigerian took the entire Liverpool backline out of the game. You suspect he’ll be given the chance to make plenty more of them in the coming months. Arsenal FC via Getty Images 3/6 Aaron Ramsey suffers for lack of rest Presumably because Aaron Ramsey didn’t actually play in the Euro 2016 semi-final - even though he will have trained as hard as ever in the hope Wales would make the final - the Welsh midfielder was not afforded the same rest that Mesut Ozil had been. It showed.



For 20 minutes this was the Ramsey of 2013/14, an all-action presence who popped up everywhere and twice found shooting space in the box. Up until the hour - when Santi Cazorla took his place - this was the Ramsey of last season; ponderous, loose in possession and ill-disciplined.



Against the energy of Liverpool in the second half, the Gunners paid the price for Ramsey’s lack of match-fitness. Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images 4/6 10 years of Theo Walcott debate answered in 45 minutes Why did anyone ever question Walcott’s position when he so evidently has all the skills to be a very good right-winger? Yes, his penalty was not quite good enough - but it was perhaps the only blot on a really high-quality first half for the winger.



He remains something of a defensive liability – Liverpool enjoyed far too much space on the left in the second half – and perhaps shouldn’t have been trusted against such a high-energy team but, for now at least, the positional debate is settled. Arsenal FC via Getty Images 5/6 Options off the bench Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain continued his pre-season habit of scoring fine goals and Santi Cazorla would have got in on the act if Calum Chambers hadn’t touched his free-kick (it was heading in anyway).



The pair brought dynamism and energy from a bench that looked as formidable as any Wenger has named in his time at Arsenal. David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images 6/6 Who should start next week? Assuming that Olivier Giroud, Mesut Ozil, Jack Wilshere and Santi Cazorla are all deemed ready, Wenger will at least enjoy the luxury of choice.



Ozil and Sanchez remain certain starters while the Chilean’s struggles at centre-forward surely mean that Giroud must lead the line.



That leaves just one place for which six or seven players could be battling. For now, though, it seems Iwobi’s to lose - if he is fit at least. Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images

Meanwhile, Standard Sport understands Arsenal are also interested in signing defender Jose Fonte from Southampton.



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