James Rodriguez was the most recent guest to The Locker Room, YouTube program of the former defender Rio Ferdinand. The midfielder of the Real Madrid He referred to various topics: he assured that “football is very monotonous now” and that the meeting in which he was most hit was that of Soccer World Cup Brazil 2014, precisely against the locals, in which Fernandinho and Paulinho “hit me everywhere.” The cucuteño was honest about his situation in the White cast and reiterated his desire to change teams.
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Possibility of signing with Manchester United in 2014: “There were talks. My representative (Jorge Mendes) has a very good relationship with the club. Like any large club, one dreams of being able to get there. United is a club that I always saw from a very young age, with Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and many high quality players. Why not in that year being able to get there, but it did not happen. I thought I had to go to a club that was not much bigger, so I went to France, just before the World Cup. My thought was to go to the World Cup, have a good tournament, score goals, be at a good level and from there be able to go to a big club and the Real Madrid”.
Pressure that exists in South America, unlike England: “I think there is much more. Colombia is a country of great passion, in all the World Cup there are many people who are from Colombia. In each field there are 40 thousand, easy, in a World Cup. When I started the World Cup (from Brazil 2014), I was not under much pressure. I wanted to have a very good World Cup, to have a high quality tournament, to do things well, so everything went game by game. The first game was good, I scored a goal and there I said: ‘Uff, I might do good things’. Thus it was, party by party, we arrived until quarters, that Colombia had never arrived. In the quarters we played with Brazil, which was a tough thing. That day we played well, but we were outside. I won the Golden Boot, it was nice. I did not go with a lot of pressure of ‘I want to make goals, I want to make goals’. I was calm and enjoying myself, which was what I wanted ”.
The Colombia Selection: “I always tell people around me that when I put on my Colombia I feel like it inflates, that I have powers. I always want to play well, win. I have been in my 20s and in all these years we have achieved great things with the help of my colleagues and we had a very good coaching staff. There are players who are good and with the shirt of their country it costs more, it costs a lot, because we are playing for a country, for many people. There are players who think they are not strong in the head and it costs more. Only those who are prepared can excel. ”
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Dress the 10 at Real Madrid: “It was a big dream, which I always had. Get to where great, world-class players have come. I came with extra pressure because I came from having a good World Cup and I thought: ‘I have to enjoy it, live in the moment, do things well’. I found a super technician top, Carlo Ancelotti, who knows a lot, knows how to manage groups. I had complete confidence in him, I had a spectacular year: I made 17 goals and I think 17 assists. It was a year top. When you have a lot of quality, talent, you know that during the day you train well, you eat well, you take care of yourself, you have people who are taking care of you, it is easier for you to go to the fields to do things well ”.
The DTs in the Merengue: “All three are very good people, good people. Everyone knows what it was Carlo, I trust myself. With Rafa Benítez I was there for a short time because after four months I was already out and Zinedine Zidane in the first part I played little. Obviously, when you win things with some players, you trust them a lot, it was something that happened to him. From the three technicians I learned good, bad and Zidane I have played little. I wish I had left with the last three years here. “
Chance of acting in another Spanish outfit: “Last summer I had a very good offer from a club that I don’t want to say a name, but I had to go because I knew I wasn’t going to play much here. I had to go to this club and they have not left me for different reasons, practically this year I am here because the circumstances were there, not because I wanted to. I knew I wasn’t going to be able to play much, but well, here I am, learning every day and hopefully in the future I can play more. I know I have talent and quality. “
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Here is Rio Ferdinand’s full interview with James Rodríguez:
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