🚨 According to @TheAthleticUK: “After the appointment of Rafa Benitez as Everton Manager, James Rodriguez was told that he was free to leave the club. Rodriguez was keen for regular playing time in order to play for the Colombia National Team.” #EFC pic.twitter.com/4kLQ97MtI3— TheMightyBlues (@MightyBluesYT) September 22, 2021
We're giving James a lot of shit but its really horrendous planning by Everton. You go out of your way to make maybe your biggest signing ever the year before, he performs well but has some injury problems and then you hire one of his arch nemesis as managers and don't have a move sorted for him early on or talk to the player and manager and sort things out? They have had some really poor transfers and decisions over the last few years, overpaying for lots of mediocre talent and without a clear identity, both sides were really dumb in this whole situation and James should have been more decisive early but at least he pulled the trigger at the last chance.
Por favor pepino, Jackson sobresalió en México, Portugal y Colombia, de Preciado ni hablemos, son dos muy malos ejemplos, más por qué el primero ya estaba literalmente acabado al llegar a China. Si nos vamos a los números China solo tiene un título más que Catar a nivel continental en clubes y eso que con la inversión que tienen no meten un finalista desde 2015. Son ligas demasiado pobres en muchos sentidos. Yo creo que lo importante realmente es que James vea minutos y vuelva a Europa u otro destino más decente, el resto es una discusión muy estéril.
Qatar es una liga de 12 equipos....China es una liga con modelo de crecimiento, que tiene divisiones de ascenso y desenso.....por infraestructura se sabe que una es mucho mas seria que la otra Por favor escorpion, no todo lo exotico es igual....esos prejuicios tienen hasta racismo. Es como si un europeo dijera que la liga boliviana y la colombiana son lo mismo...por que son de sudamerica....
🔴⚫️ Así se preparan los fanáticos de #AlRayyan para ver la presentación oficial de James Rodríguez como su nuevo jugador pic.twitter.com/o54FsptFca— Pipe Sierra (@PSierraR) September 23, 2021
His whole press conference messaging was very clear - he just wants to play and get in playing rhythm. It worries me a little that he has signed an extension there - that implies he has been guaranteed his salary over multiple seasons and will make it harder for him to return to Europe unless he has huge performance for Colombia.
Wait he signed an extension???? They're never gonna let him go easy leading up to the World Cup, so lets just assume that he's probably gonna be there until the World Cup and that he is gonna get paid a ton, probably off the books or in sponsorships. Lots of money over there, and they're gonna want marketable names to sing their praises to the world.
If James can be healthy enough to play 30 games at the club level anywhere - even if it’s my old Sunday Co-Ed league, I’ll view that as a victory If injuries and fitness issues are going to follow him to Al Rayan, then…well you know… This article is a good read, but says nothing new that we already haven’t discussed https://amp.theguardian.com/footbal...z-and-everton-beautiful-doomed-marriage-qatar
Yes, was referenced during the press conference. So I think that is Pipe Sierra's first real hit - he said it was a transfer yesterday rather than a 1 yr loan and took a lot of crap on Twitter.
@jorgebermudezh رسالة للجماهير pic.twitter.com/5ayE7tkIIc— AlRayyanSC | نادي الريان (@AlrayyanSC) September 23, 2021
It's well written - though I don't think he was really on 220k a week. At signing, Everton put him at 90k a week - but more recently there was discussion at 150k a week (which lines up with the public wage alignments both Al Rayyan and the Turkish club agreed with Everton, so I tend to think is right). More likely is that he had a kicker to raise his wage in Y2 of the deal and Everton upon seeing Carlo was out realized they should push James out rather than honor it. It's unlikely that the team initially missleaked James' wages by more than 100%. Other than that it's right - it's sad that we look at his time at Everton as a failure on football terms - he is probably the most successful Colombian on the pitch translating his game to the league since Tino. He was head and shoulders over his teammates when healthy and looked totally comfortable on the pitch against the top teams. He just couldn't stay fit. That's the problem. His skill and ability were terrific and 15 goals scored or created in 26 games is a solid return. That he made matters worse with off field nonsense and was short sighted on wage demands with the loan opps that appeared this summer are a sep point. If he gets fit at All Rayyan, he absolutely still offers a ton of upside to the NT.
Just give us a healthy and motivated James and Quintero and I think we'll be fine. It's not an ideal situation but if playing in weaker leagues gives them a better shot at staying healthy and able to prioritize that I'll take it.
El cuentico de la protección e inversión dónde lo había visto??? Ahhh verdad, con Estados Unidos, pero bueno, si hay algo que he aprendido en este foro en todos estos años, es que siempre "tienes la razón", ya hasta se tergiverso el bajo nivel de ambas ligas con connotaciones de racismo; mejor ni me desgasto más .
Una liga que tiene divisiones inferiores, que tiene ligas de descenso, sin duda es una liga mas desarrollada y mas organizada que una que tiene 12 equipos y que no juega en momentos de años por clima. China es mucho mas repstable que Qatar No tiene nada que ver conmigo.
📹 | تقديم 🔥✍🏽 @jamesdrodriguez pic.twitter.com/nv9Qwctukk— AlRayyanSC | نادي الريان (@AlrayyanSC) September 23, 2021
Guys i wont order you where you have to post or in which thread..... but i hope not have so active this thread....with so many players in competitive league in europe and latinoamerica......... althought, Im not against his called up if he recovers minutes there...
From star signing to surplus to requirements in 380 days. The story of James’ #EFC exit ft:🔵 Why Benitez let him go🔵 Early summer talks 🔵 “Special situation” with FFP🔵 Failed moves🔵 Salary complications🔵 Mendes/Kia/Blanc@TheAthleticUKhttps://t.co/Uky4TVz22D— Patrick Boyland (@Paddy_Boyland) September 23, 2021
Anyone have an Athletic sub? As they are behind paywall I tend to find their people do more journalism and less recycling.
🚨 James Rodríguez (30) no tiene ninguna cláusula relacionada con el #PSG, pero sí la posibilidad de rescindir su contrato con #AlRayyan pagando una rescisión de 10/15M€ (dependiendo del año) si un club de #ChampionsLeague se interesa en sus servicios pic.twitter.com/23zkAK1R2R— Pipe Sierra (@PSierraR) September 24, 2021 I just don't see a team paying that kind of money for him given the wages he is on. This could be prohibitive - unless the Qataris are so rich they let him rip up the contract but I doubt that...
Qataris are all in cahoots with each other. The PSG owner can get James easily if he wants him. Will he want him though?
I still have that clothing and headgear when we visited Bahrain while on deployment. So many people legitimately did not recognize me and assume I was a native lol.