Man City want to replace Alvarez with a Real Madrid star. Ancelotti's response is known

The departure of Manchester City forward Julian Alvarez to Atlético Madrid is very close, but the Citizens intend to make up for this loss with a player from another famous club from the Spanish capital.

According to Madriduniversal, citing Spanish journalists, the Etihad were interested in the candidacy of Real Madrid forward Rodrigo and were ready to allocate 75 million euros for this purchase.

Rumours were fuelled by the fact that recently at the Santiago Bernabéu officially presented Kylian Mbappé, and it was believed that the Brazilian may not find a place in the team.

But Real Madrid are reacting sceptically to any departure of Rodrigo. Head coach Carlo Ancelotti sees him as part of the attacking trio that he will form alongside Vinícius Júnior and Mbappé.

Rodrigo started against Chelsea earlier in the week, playing 66 minutes and showing 97 per cent passing accuracy with one key pass.

But Real are also failing miserably with their coveted purchases. Earlier, we told you about a world champion that the Cream were interested in.