James Rodriguez He opened his mouth and things have not gone well for him in Qatar. The Colombian ’10’ expressed a long time ago his desire to return to Europe and leave Al-RayyanHowever, a negotiation has not materialized, since there seems to be no club that is willing to invest at least 4 million euros to get him out of the Middle East.
His desire to return to the Old Continent, where he has spent most of his career (5 teams from 2010 to 2021), has led him to desperate actions: was offered to Valencia in an interview, willing to lower his high salary, but the Spanish team did not sign him and he did earn the contempt of the Qatari fans.
This week, your name rang for Galatasaray, but the Turkish team preferred to sign the Spanish Juan Mata and gave up taking the Colombian. Thus, the transfer book is already closed in a high European percentage, and James has realized that he is no longer that desired player, who went through Porto, Monaco, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Everton.
For his part, the ’10’ he had minutes with Al-Rayyan again in the Qatar Stars League, in which his team is colero. The balance was 25 minutes on the court, without shining, but being whistled by the fans.
And the worst: James was shown so much hostility when leaving the stadium that he had to be escorted by the police. Thus, Rodríguez Rubio’s situation would be unsustainable, and for his own good, it is best to burn the last cartridges to see if he can leave Qatar.
What would be the two doors that James could knock on in Europe?
Some European markets are still open. Although they are leagues of medium soccer power, they would be willing to invest to have a figure of the magnitude of James.
Although time is running out, because in September the book of passes will be closed and James, together with his agent jorge mendesthey will have to seduce some teams to make a bomb signing, which will get them out of the bad situation in the Qatar League.
The first country that could serve is Greecewhich closes contracts the next September 15. Olympiacos has just signed Marcelo, the former Real Madrid Brazilian winger, so James would not go down badly for that team, or for another club that wants to be in the news and have a world reference.
On the other hand, it is Portugalwhich closes its market on September 22. And when talking about the Portuguese league, comes Porto, James’s former team, with whom there have been talks to return. Many financial efforts would have to be made, but surely James welcomes returning to his first club in Europe.
Will the long-awaited departure of James from Qatar take place?
