Arsenal and Manchester United's Real Madrid target wants Premier League move - report

Marcos Llorente

The midfielder is set for a Bernabeu departure after struggling to gain regular game time in the Spanish capital.

According to AS, Llorente has proposals from Manchester United and Arsenal and would favour a move to England.

However, Atletico Madrid are also understood to be interested if they lose Rodrigo to Manchester City, as well as Sevilla.

Llorente, who has a contract until 2021 with Real, has made just six appearances in La Liga all season and coach Zinedine Zidane has publicly admitted the 24-year-old “needs more first-team minutes”.

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.