All the reports suggest that James Rodríguez will leave Real Madrid this summer. Los Blancos are looking for different midfielders to reinforce the squad: André Gomes, Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kanté…
With all these names around the club, Real Madrid will need to sell some footballers if they would like to sign more players. James Rodríguez is always in the selling list after his disappointing season. Besides, Zinedine Zidane showed last season he doesn’t like a lot the Colombian player, leaving him on the bench in the Champions League final and some other important games.
James Rodríguez, who played a good Copa América with Colombia, has always said that his poor performance is due to a lack of confidence and opportunities. He was complaining about all the games he spent on the bench instead of helping the team in the pitch.
With this situation, Real Madrid could have thought on selling James Rodríguez but it will be a high transfer. Los Blancos paid €65M to Monaco two years ago and Florentino Pérez would like to get back all this money.
PSG was amongst the clubs that could buy the Colombian playmaker. Actually, the French champion club is buying a lot of footballers in the last few days, including Krychowiak and Ben Arfa. Actually, in the press conference for Ben Arfa’s signing, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, PSG chairman, spoke about the Colombian player: “It’s not true. We haven’t spoken with James Rodríguez”, he said.
Although this could be part of the negotiation, it looks like it’s going to be a long summer for James Rodríguez. The Colombian midfielder is now enjoying his holidays in Miami with his family and he wants to forget about all the rumours around his future. He has a tough situation at Real Madrid and James should decide whether to stay at Real Madrid or leave.
