When the stories linking James Rodriguez to an unlikely everton move began to change a year ago, they were nothing but rumors.
After all, Carlo Ancelotti, who signed the Colombian for Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, had just been appointed the club’s new assistant, and that was only a few weeks before the January exchange.
It was a simple connection to make. Of course, Ancelotti, who came to a club with wonderful ambitions but fought on the wrong side of the table, would look for the quality of his new team with a player he knows more wonderfully than anyone else.
Fast forward for a year and possibly Rodriguez wouldn’t have moved last winter, now he has nearly 4 months in a race at Everton that has a prospect of causing seismic adjustments at Goodison Park.
James Rodriguez made a wonderful move to Everton last summer, signing a two-year contract
The move, from sunny Madrid to the lockdown in Liverpool, has been a surprise for those outside Everton’s inner sanctur despite months of rumors, with enthusiasts, some real blue persuasion, and experts surprised by the club’s traction force. .
Rodriguez, let’s remember, is one of the real superstars of the game, after finishing as the top sensible scorer at the 2014 World Cup, he signed for Real Madrid for 63 million pounds, fitting as the fourth most beloved player on the planet at the time.
Six years from the most sensible lag behind in the Spanish capital, adding two La Liga titles, two Champions League trophies and two seasons on loan at Bayern, ended in an 8 league match last season.
Clearly a new beginning is needed, but why Everton?And how would you settle in a new country, with a very different climate, in the midst of a global pandemic?
Carlo Ancelotti gives Rodriguez a pat on the back after a win over West Brom
As elements of the Spanish press reported 12 months ago, Rodriguez’s move to Everton was carried out by Ancelotti from the beginning.
The couple has a relationship that has been described almost like that of a father and son. It was built its only year in combination at the Bernabéu in 2014-2015, but is now more powerful than ever.
Ancelotti’s warm nature, artificial control ability and attack philosophy helped Rodriguez temporarily settle down and locate his brand. He had his season in real under italian, scoring 17 impressive goals in 46 games.
This link, reinforced by Ancelotti’s determination to point it out on loan from Bayern Munich in 2017, meant that Rodriguez was quickly opened to the concept of moving to Merseyside when his former head’s call arrived last summer.
“When you start the procedure of looking to recruit this type of player, it may seem like a mission,” Everton’s football director Marcel Brands said of Rodriguez this month.
Rodriguez and Ancelotti laugh at a Real Madrid education consultation in November 2014
But with Carlo as coach, and he and our owner, we were able to make significant progress and, very quickly, it was clear that James was excited about the prospect of coming to Everton.
Everton’s most unlikely project was greatly facilitated by Rodriguez’s preference for Ancelotti’s paintings, he also allegedly suffered a sharp pay cut to ensure that the move proceeded.
One of his former clubs, The Argentine-looking Banfield, even claimed that he had earned him a sales percentage to Real because Everton had paid a transfer fee.
Everton has kept a low profile on the monetary elements of last summer’s most striking Premier League deal, but has won one of the bargains through the window.
After landing at Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport on owner Farhard Moshiri’s personal plane in early September, Rodriguez took refuge at the Titanic Hotel, Everton’s main accommodation for new signings, near the city’s docks.
The Colombian with Niels Nkounkou, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Richarlison (L-R)
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