Atletico Madrid in advanced talks to sign Marcos Llorente from Real Madrid Atletico Madrid Offer of 40 million euros on the table

Rodrigo Hernandez's decision to leave the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano this summer hasn't come much of a surprise to Atletico Madrid, who are already eyeing up his replacement.

Los Rojiblancos figured that their current holding midfielder might accept one of the several offers that are on the table for him and have already identified Marcos Llorente as their main target to replace him, with the Real Madrid man falling out of favour since Zinedine Zidane's return as coach.

After spending the 2016/17 campaign on loan at Alaves and impressing at the Under-21 European Championships in 2017, Llorente attracted plenty of interest from elsewhere, including Atletico Madrid.

Atletico eventually signed Rodri instead and Llorente renewed his contract at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

Llorente's uncle and agent Julio has been entertaining a number of calls from clubs this summer, most notably from Inter.

Julio Llorente was in talks with the Italian side about a possible move, with Antonio Conte a big fan of the midfielder, but the player didn't want to leave the Spanish capital.

Llorente is very attached to the city, with his family and friends all living close by, so a move across town to Atletico seems like a good fit.

He likes Diego Simeone and there are plenty of opportunities to start given that Rodri will soon be vacating his central midfield spot.

Atletico have offered Real Madrid around 40 million euros for Llorente and Los Blancos are likely to accept, given their overbooked first-team squad.