Although for now it is just rumors in the market that it will close on August 31 in some leagues and in others on September 1, James Rodríguez’s wish to sign in a big one for 2022/23 could become a reality. For now, there is only speculation about his future and nothing concrete to make his departure from Qatar official.
While there is talk of Napoli and other clubs in which the ’10’ of the Colombian National Team could end up, the debate continues on whether his career at Real Madrid was undervalued or overvalued. This is a never-ending issue and the Marca newspaper took advantage of the moment to talk about figures. Some data that surely many will not like, including his former coach in Madrid, with whom they compared him.
Marca compared the statistics of Real Madrid’s creative midfielders over the last 20 years and James’ figures stand out at first glance. The only one of the midfielders who was not included in this measurement was Luka Modric, assuring that “his statistics and what he has done as a player in his career with the White House is intangible and incomparable, by numbers and by performance.”
James’s hand in hand occurs with other players such as Mesut Ozil, who in his best season gave 18 assists, five more than the Colombian. Although the difference in the goal is wide. Ozil scored 4 and James 13. For his part, Di María had 17 assists and scored 4 goals. Isco also appears in the comparison, with 10 assists and 9 goals, and Zinedine Zidane, who despite having a successful career in merengue did not reach the figures of ’10’ of the tricolor. ‘Zizou’ assisted 9 and scored 9, in his best season.
With these figures, what can be concluded is that James Rodríguez’s career at Real Madrid was more brilliant than that of other figures in his position. He had a great time at Real Madrid, the way he left the club was a shame. The player was not to the coach’s liking and his level had dropped (…) In his best moment, Rodríguez was much better than several of Madrid’s idols, “Marca mentioned.
