The unusual reason why Manchester United rejected James Rodríguez, then they regretted it

James Rodríguez was rejected in 2010 by Manchester United according to an investigation by the English media The Telegraph, at that time Alex Ferguson received reports saying that James would not do well in the English league, that would have been the trigger for him not to arrive: "He is not fast enough, he will probably have problems with the intensity of England and he is not suitable for this country," indicated the aforementioned media. Then the English regretted it because they lost millions of dollars by not signing him.

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In that year, James Rodríguez played for Banfield in Argentina where he was a good player. Marcelo Teixeira, who worked with Manchester United, told The Telegraph that he spoke at that time with José Mayorga, who was United's scout in Argentina: "Mayorga always included the James’ name in their reports, but the club’s assessment was that his style of play was not suited to the Premier League.”

Now, James Rodríguez in the end went to play with FC Porto in Portugal, then he came to AS Monaco, he shone in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil with the Colombian National Team and that allowed him to be signed by Real Madrid for $75 million euros, played for Bayern Munich, Everton, Al Rayyan SC of Qatar, Olympiakos of Greece and now plays for Rayo Vallecano of Spain.

The truth is that James Rodríguez was able to reach the Premier League, where he had a discreet step; However, it must be mentioned that the Colombian did not arrive in his best form and one of the big obstacles he had was coach Rafael Benítez, who left him on the substitute bench and nullified his good play. Today on his return to Europe he wants to break it again.

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How did James Rodríguez do in England?

James Rodríguez played with Everton in the 2020-2021 campaign in a total of 26 games, scored 6 goals and gave 9 assists, he left the team because the Spanish coach Rafael Benítez fired him when he arrived at the club in 2021, that was the brief step of James through English territory, the closest he came after being discarded by Manchester United in 2010 according to reports from the Red Devils where they said that his playing style did not suit.