Aall negotiations with Junior de Barranquilla fell through, James Rodriguez is reportedly close to finalizing his deal with Liga MX side Leon, although it will not be easy to close
In Colombia, they revealed some of the demands that the MVP of the last Copa America would make, including up to 14 bodyguards
Why doesn’t James Rodriguez join Junior?
In the last few hours, a meeting was held in Llanogrande (Antioquia) to agree on the arrival of the former Real Madrid player to the Barranquilla team; however, there were differences between the player’s entourage and Fuad Char, so they could not reach an agreement
It was the journalist Fabio Poveda, close to the family that owns Junior, who released several pieces of information that would have been leaked to him and, most strikingly, the star supposedly asked for better players to be his teammates:
Conclusions of the meeting between James Rodriguez with Fuad Chard and his grandchildren Jhon and Alejandro:
- It is not an easy negotiation
- They agreed on some economic issues, but others remained unresolved
- James asked for players to strengthen the squad
- Next meeting will be Monday or Tuesday
- This was the publication made by the Colombian journalist.
How much would Leon pay James Rodriguez?
It was Chad Fuar himself who spoke to the media about the talks they had with James Rodriguez, who admitted that “they were not frank, open and serious”; largely because of his sponsors
“We received from Bavaria (Cerveza Aguila) a significant amount to support this operation and (they said): ‘No, James also has a deal with Bavaria, so we have to review it with Bavaria’. Another issue that had to do with BetPlay, the betting company, that they have exclusivity with BetPlay and we have a contract on the shirt of W Play, that was an inconvenience,” said the Junior boss
But those were not the only conditions set by James Rodriguez, there was also the financial aspect, where it was known that the Barranquilla club and the sponsors could reach 3 million dollars, although no one expected a supposed interest with double the money and that this would be the response of the player’s entourage at the end of Friday night, allegedly from Club Leon of Mexico, hinting that they would pay a salary of 6 million dollars to the Colombian
James Rodriguez’s requests, will Leon fulfill them?
After Fuad Char‘s statements to the press at the door of his house, with an obvious look of annoyance, more details began to emerge of the demands that James Rodriguez put on the table
It was Juan Salvador Barcena, on the YouTube channel ‘Habla Deportes’, who shared the telephone conversation he had with one of the sources close to the negotiations
With 12 hours of uninterrupted broadcasting, having followed minute by minute the whole trip, the speculations and the return trip, the journalist spoke with annoyance about what happened with James Rodriguez, since every request to Junior was fulfilled
These were some of the demands that the Barranquilla club would fulfill with the player:
- 14 Bodyguards
- House
- Taxes on your estate
- Pay off and terminate contract with Rayo Vallecano
- Transport
The information that reached the aforementioned communicator indicates that all the player’s demands were met: “And he asked, and he asked, and they told him, and they told him… All the time he asked and asked, they told him: ‘Here you go. Here you go. Here you go’… What more did James Rodriguez want? He asked for everything and everything was offered to him.”
“The literal phrase of the people who just told me: ‘James Rodriguez played with Junior, he played with Barranquilla’… One understands what has been problematic in the teams, one understands. The ‘man’ did not want to come here, that ‘man’ did not want to come to Barranquilla,” concluded an annoyed Juan Salvador Barcena his transmission.