Reports continue to link Real Madrid’s Isco to Premier League clubs and Manchester City has been pegged to be one of the interested parties. Pep Guardiola will have to rival the interests of Jose Mourinho to land the attacking midfielder but at what price? At some point talks of a €200m bid were being thrown around the rumour mills with the Galactico president ready to offload a bunch of players to make way for Neymar’s signing.
Isco is not performing at the level the Madrid bosses expect him to and it looks like any one of the Premier League sides is looking to capitalize on the situation.
Florentino Perez’s mentality however completely contradicts that of Zinedine Zidane. The Frenchman was quoted, “Isco’s one of them. He a very good footballer. He’s proven that in the past and will do that again. I want Isco [in my team] and I want him to spend his whole life here. It’s a lie that I want Isco to be sold in the summer. Hopefully, we won’t hear any more of this.”
Zidane is in peril of losing his own job as the club’s managers and his wishes might have little input in Perez’s decision to find Isco a new home. Real Madrid’s struggles in the La Liga has raised the eyebrows of all the fans at Santiago Bernabeu and some of it has landed on the players with the manager collecting the majority of it.
Isco is adored by Zidane and can be quoted to be the manager’s favourite judging by the biases he has enjoyed over the past couple of season. James Rodriguez had to find a different club to play for after the 25-year-old started ahead of him time and time again. His talents are undeniable – the silky touch to beat defenders with just his first touch, an ability to break opposition defences with a quick pass. However, it looks like his drop of form will no longer be tolerated in the strict norms of the Bernabeu halls and Premier League clubs can look to provide him with an escape.
Manchester City are on an inspiring run of form this season having won the EFL League Cup recently and the Premier League quite possibly already under the bag. Pep Guardiola will be shifting all his focus towards the UEFA Champions League now and is expected to finish the season on a historical note.
Maybe a successful campaign will further the expenditure plans for the following season and Pep will be able to put in an offer that Madrid will not be able to refuse.
