Juventus has admitted interest in signing James Rodriguez from Real Madrid while ruling out making a second attempt to sign Julian Draxler. 

Rodriguez said he has interest in leaving Real Madrid due to his lack of appearances.

"It depends on what we do in the transfer market," Beppe Marotta told La Gazzetta dello Sport when asked specifically about Rodriguez. "We have to respect the balance sheet, but Juve want to position themselves among the best clubs in the world and so it is and this is and always will be our ambitious objective.

"Four or five years ago, we certainly could not have allowed ourselves to spend the figures we spent on players such as [Gonzalo] Higuain or [Miralem] Pjanic, but now we can. Our potential has grown a great deal thanks to the excellent job done by president Andrea Agnelli which means we can afford major investments in the sporting area.

"And we certainly want to continue travelling down this road."