James Rodríguez traveled to Qatar this Monday to negotiate his signing for Al-Rayyan. The Colombian midfielder does not enter into Everton's plans and has received permission from his current club to travel to Doha with the aim of reaching an agreement with the Qatari club. The former Madrid footballer is accompanied by his agent, Jorge Mendes, who is currently negotiating with the leaders of Al-Ryyan so that James becomes your new player in the next few hours. As As has learned, the arrival of the Colombian to Al-Rayaan would be transferred.
James has not played for a minute with Everton for more than four months, and the arrival of Benítez to the English club's bench has definitively closed the doors of ownership. In fact, the Spanish coach told him weeks ago that he was not in his plans. Last weekend he did not enter the squad for the match against Aston Villa. Benítez justified his absence due to alleged muscular problems, but the reality is that James already knew the interest of Al-Rayyan and did not want to risk injury.
Precisely, the presence of Laurent Blanc on the Al-Rayyan bench is one of the incentives that James has found to sign for the Qatari club, since the French is the great supporter for their arrival. The Colombian met a few hours ago with the Al-Rayyan coach to learn about his game idea and the role he would play in his scheme.