Start over and leave behind days of tension due to the transfer market. Finally James Rodríguez stayed in Everton after rumors from Italy, Spain and Turkey, the latter was the closest with Istanbul Basaksehir, which would have reached an agreement with the English clubHowever, the offer did not convince the Colombian midfielder.
James returned to training at Finch Farm. After several days without doing so, Everton again published photos of the Colombian with Yerry Mina and Salomón Rondón, new forward for the Toffees. The Venezuelan knows them very well, after meeting several times in the Qualifiers.
James has always stressed that he feels good physically. As reported by the Liverpool Echo newspaper, it could have its first official minutes of the season next Monday against Burnley for date 4 of the Premier League.
Rafa Benítez knows that the transfer market will reopen in January and leaving James without minutes and prominence could harm the player’s value, something that the Everton board does not want to continue happening.
So far, the midfielder has only played minutes in friendly matches, played against Millonarios and Pumas in the Florida Cup and his last meeting was against Manchester United where he played 45 minutes in the 4-0 win.
Play to return to the National Team
Reinaldo Rueda stressed that as coach of the National Team what he most wants is for James to have minutes and competition to be called back to the national team. “What we all want is for James to play, hopefully in a competitive league, that he continues to demand it and make it grow. But the most important thing is that he plays, which is what he wants to be happy and to get him back for the National Team “.
