{"id":283069,"date":"2025-07-22T17:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/283069\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T17:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:29:11","slug":"liverpool-open-talks-with-real-madrid-superstar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/283069\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool open talks with Real Madrid superstar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid superstar Rodrygo Goes would appear to be on the move this summer, with his role at Real Madrid significantly reduced at the Club World Cup, and the finale of the Liga season not featuring him at all. It appears <a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireofthekop.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool are in pole position to sign the Brazilian international<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rodrygo had been closely linked with a move to Arsenal earlier in the window, but after completing a deal for winger Noni Madueke from Chelsea, and with reports emerging that a deal has been struck for Sporting CP\u2019s Viktor Gyokeres, their needs in attack have been greatly reduced. Recent reports in the Spanish capital have declared that Arsenal will not be his destination.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Rodrygo.jpeg\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-304287 has-webp\" alt=\"Rodrygo on the bench at the Club World Cup.\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:768\/512;max-width:768px\"\/>Image via Getty ImagesLiverpool open talks with Rodrygo Goes<\/p>\n<p>As reported by Florian Plettenberg, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/tags\/premier-league\/liverpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool are keeping close tabs on his situation<\/a>, in the event that Luis Diaz departs. The Reds are reportedly demanding \u20ac80m for the Colombian, with Bayern Munich poised to make an offer in that region.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-lazy tweet-img lazyload\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd34 Liverpool are closely monitoring the situation of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rodrygo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Rodrygo<\/a> as he is one of the candidates for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#LFC<\/a> in case Luis D\u00edaz leaves. Liverpool informed about conditions and current status.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid would be open to selling him. Rodrygo is aware of this, and the market is being\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oi1T17qVM7\">pic.twitter.com\/oi1T17qVM7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/1947673121512677376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Real Madrid are open to a sale, something Rodrygo is conscious of, the cost of the deal could make the matter complicated for Liverpool. He is already earning a \u20ac10m per annum salary, which represents a major wage within Liverpool\u2019s salary scale. Almost simultaneously, Santi Aouna has reported that direct conversations between Liverpool and Rodrygo\u2019s camp have taken place \u2013 Rodrygo is represented by his father Eric.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-lazy tweet-img lazyload\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\u26aa\ufe0f\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Liga?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Liga<\/a> |<\/p>\n<p>\u2757\ufe0f There are direct talks with the LFC and Rodrigo&#8217;s camp. <\/p>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f Still no talks between the clubs. But the interest is growing.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iCIHesMKgW\">https:\/\/t.co\/iCIHesMKgW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wlkrpAjuXG\">pic.twitter.com\/wlkrpAjuXG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Santi Aouna (@Santi_J_FM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Santi_J_FM\/status\/1947673970183909532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Xabi Alonso has informed Rodrygo of role at Real Madrid<\/p>\n<p>Reports earlier that day explained that new Real Madrid manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football-espana.net\/2025\/07\/22\/real-madrid-manager-xabi-alonso-tells-rodrygo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Xabi Alonso has told Rodrygo that minutes next season will be difficult for him to come by<\/a>, nudging him closer to the exit door. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football-espana.net\/2025\/06\/24\/agent-of-real-madrid-star-has-communicated-unhappiness-to-club\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Relations between Rodrygo and the club have declined in recent months<\/a>, after his father Eric made it clear he was not happy with his role in the side last season.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid superstar Rodrygo Goes would appear to be on the move this summer, with his role at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-283069","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114898073455711034","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}