Pepe could join As Monaco

Pepe included in James Rodriguez deal ?

AS Monaco and Real are in negotiations for the transfer of James Rodriguez. While the finalization could approach, the team stated that Monaco would like if Madrid could include a player in the deal , that player would be Pepe ...

Real Madrid went down for some serious business concerning James Rodriguez. After he declared his love to Real Madrid , the merengue club started negotiating with AS Monaco for the transfer of the 2014 World Cup Golden boot winner. Yesterday, Marca ensured that two meetings had already taken place between the two directions, and that Monaco would have lowered its pretensions, passing a query from 115 M€ to 85 M€ .

L'Equipe confirmed today these informations, but goes further by ensuring that Florentino Perez would have formulated a contractual offer to James - a six years contract, with an annual salary of 7 M€. The Daily "Livre" had also confirmed that.

According to this information, the last phase of negotiations might be marked by the inclusion of a Madrid player in the case . which will allow Madrid to lower yet the sum of the transfer, and a way for Monaco to retrieve a counterpart of technical quality. Interested in Di Maria and Morata, the ASM might not get any of these players, the first being close to PSG, the second bound for Juventus. Therefore, a different name circulating now in the scenes of Monaco, that of Pepe.

The merengue central defender , 31 years, may no longer be crucial in Madrid , Meanwhile , Monaco are currently searching for some strong defender to bolster their defence , especially after the departure of Abidal to Olympiacos CFP , and to increase their chances of winning Ligue 1 and playing a major role in the Uefa Champions League , where they qualified after finishing 2nd in the league behind Paris Saint Germain ,