With the impending departure of Oscar to China, it looks more and more likely that James Rodriguez could end up at Chelsea.

According to The Mirror, Chelsea is planning to spend more than $75 million on the Colombia international, who hasn't settled in at Real Madrid since joining from Monaco right after the 2014 World Cup.

The Blues are set to sell Oscar to Chinese club Shangai Shenhua for more than $60 million and are expected to use the funds to help bring the talented midfielder to London.

New Chelsea manager Antonio Conte, who has his team soaring high atop the Premier League, has long rated the Real Madrid man. The Mirror says Conte tried to sign him during the summer transfer window. Rodriguez, per Marca, isn't pleased with life at the Santiago Bernabeu and said he has offers, adding that he has seven days over the winter break to decide.

It appears like the right time for James to leave Real. In Real's 23 games this year, he has started just six of them and hasn't played in seven of them. He obviously wants plenty of minutes on the pitch, and that hasn't been the case under Zinedine Zidane nor does it seem like it will ever be. But he could certainly get those minutes in London, fitting in as an attacking midfielder for the PL leaders.

The transfer window opens Jan. 1.