Maybe these are the last days of James Rodriguez in the capital of Spain. Everybody thought that all the rumours about James Rodriguez’s future had finished but Chelsea have presented an offer that it´s difficult to say no.
The British team wants a new signing for this season and Antonio Conte is interested in the young Colombian star of Real Madrid. Chelsea have presented an offer of €70M that is a huge quantity if we are talking of a player that last year didn´t have too many minutes.
James came to Real Madrid two years ago from Monaco. He did a great World Cup with Colombia, being the captain and the star of his team. When the World Cup finished Florentino Perez decided to sign him for an amount of €80M.
The first year of James in Real Madrid was incredible. He scored 13 goals in La Liga, 2 in the Spanish Copa del Rey and one in Champions League. Real Madrid supports were excited with the new incorporation of James.
At the beginning of last year, Rafa Benitez didn’t give many opportunities to James, who had a secondary role in Real Madrid. He started many times on the bench and the young Colombian midfielder was upset with his situation. When Rafa Benitez was sacked on January, the Real Madrid fans hoped that James would recover the best feeling he had the first year he came. Zinedine Zidane was the new manager and he decided that Casemiro, Kroos and Modric should be the midfielders to compete in the last part of the year.
Real Madrid have not made any signing in that position, but new Spanish youngsters are pushing and maybe James has even less minutes than last year. We agree James is a great player but having him on the bench – remember that Real Madrid paid €70M- it´s decision that must be thought twice.
