Alex Rodriguez Buying $80M Pad Near Madonna

Alex Rodriguez could be heading for home with Madonna.The divorced Yankees slugger is looking to buy a pad two blocks away from the divorcing singer – intensifying speculation that he’s eager to replace husband Guy Ritchie in her life.“Alex is moving closer to Madonna,” a longtime A-Rod pal told the Daily News. “I wouldn’t say they are an item, but he has a strong attraction to her.”Another Rodriguez pal confirmed he’s been “looking aggressively” at 15 Central Park West, the much-hyped Robert A.M. Stern building where his neighbors would include Sting and wife Trudie Styler, who introduced Madonna to Ritchie in 1998.One report had Rodriguez close to buying the $80 million four-bedroom, 5,200-square-foot penthouse there. Insiders told The News he was scoping out several cheaper condos. Real estate records show no four-bedroom apartments have recently gone to contract or closed in the building.Madonna lives at 41 Central Park West, where she combined two apartments into one stunning triplex for her family.
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