Now that it is known that Néstor Lorenzo is the new coach of the Colombian National Team, there is a lot of speculation regarding the players he might call on his first call. Some of the past process with José Pékerman remain and the new DT might “lay hands” on a few.
However, when talking regarding generational change and with the current situation of many of those veterans, there are names that do not sit very well when thinking regarding the new process for the 2026 World Cup. James Rodriguez It is one of them. This was made clear by Óscar Córdoba in the middle of the ESPN F90 program. The controversy over the ’10’ was immediate.
For the former goalkeeper of the tricolor, Lorenzo will show his hand from the selection of players for his first challenge. “We say that you already have more or less knowledge of the group, of someone who cleans up and doesn’t get that dead man on top. Suddenly I’m very radical. If you already know them and have been working with this group for a long time, someone who says you are useless.”
After hearing the name of James Rodríguez and following the comment of Luis Arturo Henao, who does see Néstor Lorenzo’s plans behind the wheel, Córdoba exploded.
The journalist said that “he is the first that Lorenzo is going to call, for sure. They trust him, they know how to promote him, they know how to handle him and they know how to talk to him.” The former player stated that “he was a James at another time. He was a James who was not touched and had all the eyes and reflectors in the world because he played for Real Madrid, beware. He is different, he is a little more mature, with more vices , more pampered, more beaten”.
