A new novel has been formed with James Rodriguez based on the little participation he has had in the Vallecano Ray. The Colombian National Team midfielder has barely played a game as a starter and complete 123 minutes played distributed over 5 matches. This situation has led to speculation about the departure of the ’10’ in the winter market.
The coach, Íñigo Pérez, He has referred on several occasions to the reason for the lack of opportunities for the Cucuteño. He has explained that He chooses the best players who he believes are ideal to win games and what he is looking for is for the players who have not added many minutes so far this season to show their level to define the team.
Details of James’ relationship with Inigo
In the Spanish program The Chiringuito, They revealed more details of the situation that James is experiencing at the Vallecas club. Although they assured that it is not a personal problem between the coach and the player, They did make it clear that it does not fit into the coach’s intentions of the game.
“It’s not a personal problem with him. He does not fit into what Rayo Vallecano and the team ask of him, neither physically, in defense, nor in attack, nor in transitions. James does not adapt to the game of quick transitions that Rayo proposes”, they reported.
For his part, Edu Aguirre, a journalist from this same program who is known to be close to the player, commented that Íñigo Pérez has not met with the captain of the Colombian National Team, nor have they had personal conversations. ”The Rayo coach has not had a single meeting with James Rodríguez. They have not met, he does not tell him why he is not a starter. Íñigo Pérez has not spoken with James,” he indicated.
Lazio appears on the radar again
In the midst of the rumors that are beginning to be created, journalist Ekrem Konur assured that Lazio, the club with which James was linked in the middle of the year, would be interested in the Colombian “Lazio is considering signing James Rodriguezwho is currently active in the Rayo Vallecanoto reinforce their squad for the winter market. Although there were many expectations when he arrived in VallecasJames’ impact in LaLiga has been less significant than expected, which has sparked the interest of several clubs, especially Lazio,” he reported on his X account.
We will have to wait if there is a change of position from within the Italian team, since in August the sports director, Angelo Fabiani assured that he would never sign a player like James Rodríguez. He alluded to the lack of continuity it has had in recent years and made it clear that the club’s focus is on young players.
