The bomb exploded. James Rodríguez is very close to becoming a new Al-Rayyan SC player and with that he would become the most valuable player in the market in the entire Qatari league (Qatar Stars League).
Although it is a tournament that has some world figures, of course already on the brink of retirement, the Colombian would completely devastate. So much so that it would be more valuable than 11 of the 12 templates in the tournament. Crazy!
First of all, it is worth clarifying that according to the specialized portal Transfermarkt, James has a market value of 28 million euros. A figure that is not so high in Europe, but is more important in other parts of the world.
Regarding Qatar, at the moment their most expensive player is Toby Alderweireld, a recent addition to Al-Duhail. It is valued at just 10 million, despite arriving from English Tottenham and being 32 years old. Rodríguez Rubio almost triples it.
To more or less equal James, the league would even have to add its three most valuable players: the aforementioned Alderweireld, Aaron Boupendza (valued at 8.5 million) and Yacine Brahimi (valued at 8 million). All this for a total of 26.5 million euros.
Moving all this counting to clubs vs. player, things get even more delicate.
The Qatari first division has 12 teams, of which the only one whose squad exceeds the value of James is Al-Duhail with a total of 32.23 million euros. Alderweireld, Michael Olunga (5 million) and Edmílson (4 million) stand out.
The others have no way of fighting: Al-Sadd SC (26.73 million), Al-Arabi (21.23), his probable team Al-Rayyan (16.55), Qatar SC (15.78), Al-Gharafa (10.68), Al- Ahli (6.38), Al-Wakrah (6.28), Al-Khor (6.1), Al-Sailiya (5.95), Umm Salal (3.85) and Al-Shamal (3.4).
– .
