2023-12-21 03:02:30
Lately, James Rodríguez has been in the news almost daily in South American and world football. It all started, following the footballer openly said that his future in São Paulo during 2024 was not decided, because for him football was changing and anything might happen.
James Rodríguez will settle in Sao Paulo in 2024 | Photo: Getty Images
However, the following days have arrived and James has had to receive news that worries him in the middle of his days of rest. The reason is that his club has decided to start making signings to strengthen the team, with the particularity that the two most recent are for the same area in which the ’10’ works.
This Wednesday, for example, they announced that a young man with good performance in Paraguay would be the new addition to the São Paulo team. “After the arrival of forward Erick and midfielder Luiz Gustavo, São Paulo agreed to sign midfielder Damián Bobadilla, 22, who was one of Cerro Porteño’s standouts in 2023,” they reported.
Regarding the benefits that make the new member of the squad one of the great hires, they highlighted: “The young Paraguayan, who was elected “Footballer of the People” of the Paraguayan Championship (2023) and has played for his country’s national team, signed contract until December 31, 2027″.
Damián Bobadilla is a new Sao Paulo player. | Photo: Screenshot taken from a video of X’s profile @SaoPauloFC
Julio Casares, president of the club, was extremely happy regarding the arrival of the young Guaraní talent: “In search of new values and to strengthen our team, we hired this important value of South American football. Bobadilla will help us in 2024 and already has the support of Dorival. Welcome to our beloved São Paulo Futebol Clube.”
This warm welcome to the son of the remembered goalkeeper Aldo Bobadilla may be a reason for ‘bitterness’ for James in the middle of his vacation, as he sees more and more competition for his position and the possibility that in 2024 he will be the undisputed starter, a goal that gives him cost upon arrival during the year that is regarding to end.
Criticism of James Rodríguez
Luis Fabiano, a remembered striker who played in Seville and São Paulo, attacked the midfielder on ESPN and suggested that he has made his ownership a requirement to stay in 2024, something that no player in the locker room is assured of, as the coach himself has said.
“For me, James is a problem. With the demands of being a starter, he is a problem,” said the former forward, who also had an outstanding time for the Brazil team, scoring three goals at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Dorival Júnior giving instructions to James Rodríguez in Sao Paulo. | Photo: Getty Images
Luis Fabiano questions why the leadership takes the alleged pressure from the Colombian so calmly. “Will (São Paulo) be the player’s hostage? The guy plays poorly in two games, and they’re going to keep him? And the template? It is a problem if (Dorival) allows it,” he added in the Resenha da Rodada program.
“He has to be a starter if he deserves it, if he plays more than the others, if he has the conditions, if he is performing better. Demand it because ‘I’m James’, I don’t agree,” he stated.
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