New mess with James Rodríguez after staying out of Madrid's call against him Athletic by own decision. Zinedine Zidane confirmed that the Colombian did not travel to Bilbao for the match against Athletic for personal reasons, which rules out that he was injured or that the coach left him out due to a technical decision. “He is the one who wanted to be left out because of one of his issues,” said the French coach at the press conference after the victory in San Mamés.
“I'm not going to say anything more about that,” he settled. Zizou, which possibly will not have again James Rodriguez from here to the end of the championship due to the defiance of the Colombian playmaker, who wants to leave the club of Chamartín this next summer.