Real Madrid are ready to let Rodrygo leave after receiving a €60 million Premier League offer

The football world is shaking once again, and this time the shock is coming directly from Madrid and London. Nobody expected it to happen so soon, nobody imagined that Real Madrid would even consider it, and yet everything is happening faster than anyone can process. In a transfer twist that has already taken over social media, Real Madrid are now ready to allow Rodrygo to join Arsenal after receiving an offer of €60 million plus additional add-ons. For years, the Brazilian forward was seen as part of Real Madrid’s future, a golden jewel of the Santiago Bernabéu, a boy who arrived from Santos with so much promise and excitement. But football is not a movie, football is real, and sometimes love between a player and a club fades quietly before anyone notices. Now the rumour has turned into something dangerously close to reality. Arsenal want Rodrygo, and the Spanish giants are opening the door.

From the very moment Rodrygo arrived at Real Madrid back in 2019 for €45 million, many believed he was the next superstar the club would build around. Six years later, the statistics speak loudly, with 68 goals and 53 assists in 283 matches across all competitions. And yet there is something more powerful than numbers in football — belief. Belief from the coach, belief from the board, belief from the team. That belief has slowly disappeared. Under newly-appointed manager Xabi Alonso, Rodrygo has started just three of his first thirteen appearances this season, a number that tells a story no one needs to explain. When a coach does not start you, he is talking without speaking. When a club accepts an offer for you, they no longer see you as untouchable. And when a player begins to feel frustration inside the dressing room, the end is closer than the beginning.

Sources close to Real Madrid have leaked exactly what the coaching staff thinks. According to reports, the Madrid coaches are convinced that the project is no longer dependent on Rodrygo. They believe the team can progress without him and that his performances in recent big matches have raised doubts instead of confidence. The long-term project under Xabi Alonso is going through a massive evolution, and sometimes the solution to rebuilding is not addition but subtraction. They say that his departure could reduce tension, bring peace inside the dressing room and give the coach more control. Real Madrid are not looking for drama in the middle of a Champions League season, and if selling Rodrygo removes a distraction and brings money to reinvest, they will not hesitate. That is football. It is cold. It is unfair. It moves forward and leaves emotions behind.

For Rodrygo himself, this moment has not arrived suddenly. The 24-year-old winger has seen his playing time decrease, has felt his importance changing, has seen new signings arrive and take spaces where he once stood. Only footballers understand the pain of training every day with full passion and then sitting on the bench when the world is watching. Slowly that pain turns into frustration, frustration turns into tension, and tension turns into distance between a player and a coach. And once that distance exists, it usually never closes. Xabi Alonso has chosen his path, and Rodrygo can see it clearly. The club is ready to let him go. Now the question is whether he is ready to step into a new world where he is valued again.

That world may be London. That world may be Arsenal. The Gunners are a team that has evolved dramatically under Mikel Arteta. They are fast, intense, tactical, ambitious and built to compete with the very best. They sit on top of the Premier League table with 26 points from 11 matches and stand second in their Champions League group behind Bayern Munich only on goal difference. Arsenal are tired of being the almost team. They want to win. They want to dominate. They want one final superstar to take them across the finish line. And Arteta believes Rodrygo could be the missing piece.

Last summer Arsenal strengthened their attack heavily by signing Viktor Gyokeres from Sporting CP, Noni Madueke from Chelsea and Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace. But in football, building a champion is not only about filling positions. It is about building a system where every player is dangerous. Rodrygo has the pace, the energy, the precision and the big-night mentality that Arteta admires. Arsenal believe that his arrival will give them another lethal weapon in their quest for both the Premier League title and the Champions League crown they have chased for decades. The Premier League is not only a competition anymore, it is a battlefield where every team wants the strongest squad possible. Arsenal feel this transfer is not a luxury, but a necessity.

What makes the story even more dramatic is how the Madrid fans are reacting. Some feel betrayed that the club is ready to sell one of their favourite players, while others accept the football truth that nobody is bigger than the project. Real Madrid dream of a futuristic squad stacked with superstars, and money from Rodrygo’s departure could be used to go after other major targets. Madrid never stop planning ahead, and they never hesitate to rebuild while winning. They are one of the only clubs in the world that can sell top players and still get stronger. It is painful for fans, but it is the Madrid way.

Rodrygo’s side of the story remains quiet for now. He is professional, respectful, and emotionally connected to the club that gave him global stardom. But deep down, he wants to play. Deep down, he wants to be trusted. Deep down, he wants to feel like a priority, not a rotation option. A move to Arsenal can give him that. A move to London can give him a fresh beginning. And a move to the Premier League can give him the stage to show Real Madrid what they lost. Every footballer has that fire inside, the fire to prove something. Maybe this is the moment that lights Rodrygo’s fire again.

Arsenal fans are already dreaming, celebrating, and imagining how dangerous their attack could become with Rodrygo in red. They picture Gyokeres in the middle, Eze behind, Saka on one wing, and Rodrygo on the other — a deadly machine ready to destroy any defense across Europe. In London, the supporters believe. In Madrid, emotions are mixed. And across football, the storyline is too big to ignore.

While Real Madrid and Arsenal advance in negotiations for Rodrygo, Liverpool are making headlines of their own. Reports suggest that the Reds are ahead of Real Madrid in the race to sign Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton. Liverpool have already opened direct talks and are pushing heavily for his signature. The 21-year-old has become one of the most exciting midfielders in the league with intelligent positioning, sharp passing, defensive strength and calmness far beyond his age. Real Madrid cannot fight every battle at the same time, and shifting focus to other transfer priorities may mean Liverpool are now leading the race.

The world of football never rests. Clubs chase players, players chase opportunities, fans chase hope, and nothing stays the same. Today the story is Rodrygo. Tomorrow it will be someone else. But what is happening now feels special because it carries emotion, ambition, confusion, and the unpredictable beauty of football. Real Madrid may lose a beloved player. Arsenal may gain a new hero. And Rodrygo may be standing at the door of a new destiny.

Transfer windows are battles for power, battles for glory, battles for the future. We are watching one happen live. If Rodrygo signs for Arsenal, the Premier League will tremble. If Real Madrid reinvest the money correctly, they will become even more dangerous. And if Rodrygo explodes in England, the world will remember the moment Real Madrid opened the door.

Football is not a straight line. It is a storm. And right now Rodrygo is at the center of that storm, standing between the world he knows and the world he could conquer next. His next move will change everything — for him, for Arsenal, for Real Madrid, and for the season that is only beginning to burn