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da lvbet： According to El Desmarque, Wolverhampton Wanderers are one of the clubs interested in making a play for Real Madrid midfielder James Rodriguez but it’s not necessarily a signing they should want to make.
What’s the word?
Reports in Spain suggest that the Colombian international is out of favour under Zinedine Zidane despite managing to start five of nine games in La Liga and the Champions League this term.
It is thought that Rodriguez has slipped alongside Gareth Bale in the Frenchman’s estimations because of matters off the field, leading to president Florentino Perez sounding out any proposals in the January transfer window.
The 28-year-old had been sent out on a two-year loan deal to Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, where he scored 15 times and assisted 20 goals in 67 appearances, but that wasn’t enough for the club to pick up the option to make it a permanent move.
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Outrageous
Rodriguez, who is valued at £45m by Transfermarkt, is a client of football super-agent Jorge Mendes and his arrival in the west Midlands would eclipse any fee they have ever paid.
The representative has deep ties with those high up in the hierarchy at the club so there’s no denying that these links carry some substantiation considering he could sweeten any deal, but if Wolves have any sense then they’ll steer clear.
According to Forbes, Rodriguez earns $21.4m (£16.6m) per year at Madrid and that sort of amount combined with any transfer fee makes any deal seem completely absurd.
The club pulled back on a move for Ruben Dias in the summer because of his €66m (£56.2m) release clause so why would they pay in excess of this for a player that will be coming close to his 30s by the end of next season – that would just go against Fosun’s plans too.
Rodriguez undoubtedly was one of the best players in the world after his rapid rise following his 2014 World Cup campaign but since then he’s become somewhat stagnant.
He’s unlikely to come in and replace Joao Moutinho given the 33-year-old has just signed a three-year contract extension too.
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