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James Rodriguez
He was supposed to leave last season but stayed on for another year in order to fight for his place in the team. It turned out to be a mixed decision as he ended up winning two trophies, but didn’t get to play the minutes that he had expected.
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Isco’s blast to full-motion by the end of last season was enough to convince the Colombian that his bid to be the first-choice player at the Bernabeu just reached the dead-end. And so he decided to leave, but with no club willing to pay his hefty transfer price, Real had to let him go to Bayern on a loan deal that could see James join the Bavarians for a puny €45 million by the end of it.
This is a straight €35 million loss for a player that is actually world-class and has a lot of years of football left in him. James might have truly been a surplus to the club, but he does a better job in the final third than some of the players that are already there.
However, his behaviour wasn’t always the best and so it was the right thing to let him go, but the financial loss is the real defeat for the Madrid outfit.
Grading: 5/10
