Arsenal emerge as 'genuine contenders' to land Rodrygo from Real Madrid as Vinicius Jr and Kylian Mbappe push Brazilian star towards the exit door at Santiago Bernabeu

TalkSPORT states Arsenal are trying to sign a new winger to help them end their Premier League title drought, and one man under consideration is Rodrygo. They add that the Brazilian is thought to be 'unsettled' at Santiago Bernabeu as he is playing 'second fiddle' to Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior and that mans a Gunners move is a 'possibility'.

Reports have emerged that Madrid are ready to cash in on the £85 million (€100m/$112m) rated attacker, with Manchester City and Liverpool also said to be keeping tabs on the 24-year-old. He did, however, dismiss speculation he recently refused to play for Los Blancos, maybe suggesting an exit isn't imminent.

ESPN Spanish correspondent Sam Marsden said there is "more than a suggestion" Rodrygo could leave Madrid this summer.

"I think that Real Madrid have to make a big decision this summer. Rodrygo seems to be the one that's being pushed towards the door, I think one of Rodrygo or potentially even Vinicius Jr has to go," he told talkSPORT. "Rodrygo has made it clear he wants to play on the left, he's been playing on the right at Real Madrid so he's the most obvious one to go. But Vinicius Jr might be a bigger money-spinner, and may actually fix their problems a little bit more because they've kind of got that status problem between Vinicius Jr, Mbappe, [Jude] Bellingham in the shadows as well. Maybe Xabi Alonso can make it work, but it's not worked at all this season."

Aside from transfer speculation, many will be intrigued to see if Rodrygo starts for Madrid in their next game away to Sevilla in La Liga on Sunday.