29 July at 09:55
Real Madrid have decided not to sell playmaker James Rodriguez to city rivals Atletico Madrid.
The decision was taken place after the Los Blancos suffered a 7-3 thrashing against Atleti in a pre-season friendly.
After such a humiliating result, it is believed that club President Florentino Perez has decided not to go ahead with the meeting of Atletico representatives in the United States as he does not want to strengthen their cross-city rivals.
The move will be a setback to Los Rojiblancos as they were extremely confident of bringing a quality player in the ongoing transfer window.
However, it is not clear what will this mean for Rodriguez as he is being informed by manager Zinedine Zidane that he is not his plans for the next season.
In the back ground, there is Napoli as well who are still trying to push for a two-year loan deal for former AS Monaco attacker with an option to buy in the future.
