For those who were wondering: Jesé is doing well. Since the beginning of January, the 30-year-old striker has returned to his native island in the Canaries (Spain) after a six-month experience in Brazil, ending with relegation with Coritiba FC. The ninth club in a professional career that began in 2013 alongside Cristiano Ronaldo in his training club Real Madrid and whose peak was the two Champions League won in 2014 and 2016. Today, Jesé Rodriguez is unemployed and took on the challenge of finding a freelance position in a tenth club. “Whoever gives me my chance will not regret it,” he proclaims this Tuesday morning in the columns of Brand.
“Let no one doubt that I am and will continue to be a footballer,” continues Jesé. I’ve been training Monday to Friday for 4 weeks, with double sessions. I’ve had some contact but I don’t want to rush. I would like to go to a stable place, where I can continue. If I had this continuity that every footballer seeks, I am sure of succeeding as I did elsewhere. I wish it was in Spain, near my family. (…) I offer 100% professionalism, my experiences in different teams and countries, different systems with coaches with different ideas and, above all, being a good teammate. »
Eight seasons, eight clubs for Jesé
An interview which is strongly reminiscent of the one given at the end of summer 2020 to this same newspaper. In the midst of the Covid-19 global pandemic, Jesé was then under contract with PSG, a club joined in 2016, and had a series of loans to Las Palmas (Spain), Betis Seville (Spain), Stoke City (England) or Sporting ( Portugal), without success. “It’s like new,” his physical trainer proclaimed. “I had a lot of problems,” admitted the main person involved. I kept everything deep inside, I’m not going to deny that I wasn’t doing well. » A personal trajectory marked by a rupture of the cruciate ligaments (March 2014) and a troubled private life relayed on social networks and in the press.
The chronic instability experienced from 2016 to today (eight seasons, eight clubs) and limited individual performances (one season with 11 goals with Las Palmas in the Spanish 2nd division in 2021-2022) continue to question the capacity of the former great hope of Spanish football to perform. His model of consistency? “Mbappé,” he told Marca this Tuesday. I watch a lot of matches and I think what he does is incredible. When I was at PSG, he was already at this level and it’s not easy to have this consistency, this confidence in every match. Goals, goals and goals. »Jesé only dreams of that.
