According to Marca, Wolverhampton Wanderers are ‘interested in luring’ James Rodriguez to Molineux this summer and may have to battle Napoli, Juventus, Everton, Arsenal, Manchester United and Atletico Madrid to procure his signature. The 28-year-old wants to leave Real Madrid and is available for a cut-price fee of €25m, but whether Wolves can beat out so many clubs remains to be seen.
James joined Real from AS Monaco in 2014 and has gone on to make 125 appearances in all competitions, scoring 37 goals with 42 assists. He was loaned out to Bayern Munich (July 12, 2017 – June 30, 2019) and has since struggled for playing time back at the Santiago Bernabeu – 14 appearances (728 minutes), one goal and two assists this season.
As per WhoScored, James has created 14 chances, won 5/11 aerial duels, had one successful dribble, taken nine shots, won eight free-kicks and averaged a tackle (17) or interception (3) every 21 minutes in La Liga. He’s had more created chances per game (1.8) than Raul Jimenez (1.4) and Adama Traore (1.3).
Marca highlight that the Colombian international has only one year left on his deal at Real and was deemed to have failed at Bayern (67 games, 15 goals, 20 assists), so his stock is low. Florentino Perez is forced to lower James’ asking price to €25m as a result, but his wage demands (€6.5m-a-year/€125k-per-week (£5.85m/£112.5k-per-week) might still be too high for Wolves.
