James Rodriguez: “It was always my dream to play for Real Madrid”
He talked about Real Madrid in his documentary.
MADRID, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 6: James Rodriguez of Real Madrid during the Spanish Copa del Rey match between Real Madrid v Real Sociedad at the Santiago Bernabeu on February 6, 2020 in Madrid Spain (Photo by David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images) | Getty Images Former Real Madrid player James Rodriguez talked about his love for Real Madrid in his recent Netflix documentary. He talked about why he went to the club, how the move came about and a number of different things.
Speaking about the interest, he said: “I remember when Jorge Mendes told me: ‘Real Madrid want you. ’ It was always my dream to play for Real Madrid. I had offers from other teams.
But I told myself: ‘The Real Madrid train would only come once and I am getting on that train. ’” James on his relationship with Rafa Benitez “We were just clashing from the start. I didn’t like the way he thought and he didn’t seem to like the way I thought.
There was a game I was playing well, he took me off 60th minute and I made a few gestures and the stadium turned against him. He thought I made them turn against him. ” James on his relationship with Zinedine Zidane “It was still a beautiful thing to play under him.