James Rodríguez lives a nightmare in São Paulo: the story of problems in his career

The alarms have gone off due to a new physical problem for the Colombian James Rodriguez. After several weeks of uncertainty about his absences with Sao Paulo, the DT Thiago Carpini revealed the real reason why he disappeared from the campus.

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“With each sequence, you come with chronic tendon and calf problems and you miss 3, 4 days of training. I think this has affected him a little, emotionally, and has made it difficult for him to return,” said the coach in an interview with TV Bandeirantes.

The Brazilian strategist pointed out that it was not a matter of the Colombian's rebellion, but rather something purely physical. However, in Brazil have criticized James Rodriguez in recent days for not traveling with the team to Belo Horizonte, where Sao Paulo became champion of the Super Cup after beating Palmeiras.

“He didn't feel very comfortable being there, not even to speed up the recovery process. So we respect his decision. The conversation was very calm, it was not an act of rebellion, he is a guy who has zero problems with the club,” he said. Capini in defense of the cucuteño.

But his continuity in the club is not assured, this is what the football director of São Paulo, Carlos Belmonte, who stated: James is a good guy too. If he doesn't work out, at some point he will leave. He has already helped us a lot even without playing.”

There has been much speculation about his departure, since Türkiye They claim that the 32-year-old midfielder already has a preliminary agreement to be a new player for the Besiktas, information that has not been confirmed or denied by Sao Paulo.

Come back and play with James Rodríguez

James Rodriguez, and with an extensive and successful career, he has been in the eye of the hurricane on several occasions. Their outputs Qatar and Greece They were not on the best terms and the player is labeled as “problematic.”

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For some reason, the relationship with his coaches almost always deteriorates and James loses weight in the teams he plays for, including the Colombia selection. After a good step in Porto, James arrived in 2013 at Monaco. There he met the Italian Claudio Ranieri, which, at first, sent him to the substitute bench.

However, James He accepted the coach's advice and ended up playing and consolidating. The problems would come later, in other clubs, when he was already a star.

After the World Cup in Brazil, he went to Real Madrid, where his first season, by the hand of Carlo Ancelotti, It was extraordinary. The problem is that the team did not even win the League or Championsand that cost the Italian his job.

Arrive Rafa Benitez with who James He never had a good relationship. There were two key episodes at that time: the first, the beginning of a streak of injuries, on September 8, 2015, he left a friendly between Colombia and Peru resentful.

Then, on January 1, 2016, the Colombian was going 200 kilometers per hour in his car. The authorities tried to stop him, but the player did not stop. Benitez, that he gave him fewer and fewer minutes, he charged him for it.

The relationship was conflictive and James stopped having real participation in the team. He became a luxury substitute.

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Benitez He was dismissed and his replacement came Zinedine Zidane and that was worse for the Colombian, because James was being increasingly relegated.

The DT won twice the Champions League and the Colombian did not appear in either of the two finals. In the second, against Juventus, in Cardiff, He went to the stands. There, James He was convinced that he should change his scene.

James He has said several times that he never had a problem with Zidane, but his words have been rather discreet in front of a coach who did not have him as a priority. In mid-2017, real Madrid announced that James was leaving on loan for two years Bayern Munich.

In the first season, with Ancelotti first and with Jupp Heynckes after, James he surrendered and became champion of the Bundesliga. But Heynckes He left and the Croatian was hired to replace him Niko Kovac. The Colombian began to give ground.

The request for Kovac was the same as Ranieri, the same as Benítez: “James is doing well lately, but I am convinced that he can do more. He makes an effort in defense, but he can still help more and be more direct with the ball,” said the Croatian.

It seems the difference with Kovac It was based on a football theme. “Kovac considers that James is a slow player for a game scheme based on speed, such as Bayern's. This is why the coach speaks of him as the number 12 player,” the German media reported at the time. Bild.

In the end, although Bayern wanted to buy him, James himself said that he did not feel comfortable and returned to Real Madrid.

Problems in the Colombian National Team

By that time the Brazil's Copa América. Carlos Queiroz did not call him again Selection in the remainder of 2019 and there were rumors that James had asked him not to be called up to earn the place in the Real Madrid.

The Portuguese denied it, but was emphatic in explaining why he was not there: “I choose the best for the Colombian team and they are decisions that I make. To make good decisions we have conversations, facts, we speak with the coaching staff. And I never get tired of talking to players,” he said. Queiroz.

The Portuguese's cycle ended very badly, with almost all the players at a low level and two painful defeats, against Uruguay and Ecuador. There were never-before-formed versions of fights in the dressing room and of a 'cajón' to the coach. In those days, James issued a statement denying the allegations attributed to him.

He noted that he denied “all types of alleged information alluding to mistreatment, attacks, disputes or any type of controversy that arose between players.”

With that panorama came Reinaldo Rueda to the National Team, to try to straighten the course. But there is already a conflict with James. Some players even seem to have sent a message to '10'.

“We have always said that no one is more than the entire team. When we are united we are stronger. If someone deviates from the teacher's approach (Wheel) “Everything is more difficult,” he said, at the end of the match against Ecuador, Juan Guillermo Cuadradoone of those called now to assume the leadership of the National Team.

The situation with Wheel It was also controversial, after the coach removed him from the list for the America Cup. James He felt disrespected. In a 'live', which also had the presence of Colombian soccer players Teófilo Gutiérrez and Camilo Zúñiga, James criticized the decision of Reinaldo Rueda and company'.

“It was a decision by the coaching staff and I don't share it because they disrespected me. Before, I force them to win and have a very good America Cup, but I did want to be there. It's good that people know that,” commented the '10'.

When James arrives at Everton, once again he received the shelter of Ancelotti, but he left again and left him unprotected. The bad luck for James was that Rafa Benítez came into office again, and James knew that he was not going to have a chance. Then he went to Qatar.

“I went to Qatar because at Everton, the coach didn't want me and I wasn't going to be left without being able to play. That year I had a couple of physical problems and the clubs that wanted me in Europe couldn't give me a salary,” he commented at the time. the Colombian.

Turbulent exit from the Olympics

In Greece it seemed that he had found his place, when it seemed that in Olympiacos achieved some peace, but from one moment to the next his departure was confirmed suddenly.

Greek media reported that James was upset in a match for being substituted in the match against Panathinaikos, for the new coach, José Anigo.

Apparently, James reacted badly so the coach asked him to apologize to the group, which he did not do. On the contrary, according to this version, he left training and did not attend on Tuesday. Reason why, added to other reasons such as injuries and recent low level, led the board to not consider renewing him and to terminate the relationship immediately.

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