The Real Madrid-owned player is currently on loan at Bayern Munich, but he is reportedly keen on joining Liverpool.
A report emanating from Spain this morning claims that Bayern Munich’s on-loan ace James Rodriguez is keen on a switch to Anfield, and is ‘strongly considering’ a move to Liverpool, according to Spanish media outlet El Gol Digital.
The Colombian joined the Bavarian giants from Real Madrid in the summer, on a two-year loan deal, and is widely considered to be one of the continent’s most exciting attacking midfield players.
Rodriguez joined Los Blancos from Monaco in the summer of 2014, for a fee believed to be worth in the region of £71 million, but with the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema ahead of him in the pecking order at the Bernabeu, he struggled to establish himself.
The 26-year-old’s future remains unclear, and Spanish media outlet El Gol Digital claim this morning that he is strongly considering a move to Liverpool in the summer.
The problem is that Bayern holds all of the cards. The Germans have an option to buy Rodriguez at the end of his loan spell at the Allianz Arena, and if they do in fact activate that option, Liverpool would surely find it hard to then prise him away from the Bundesliga side.
Whilst any kind of deal is a long, long way from being done, if Liverpool somehow managed to bring Rodriguez to Anfield, he would be a fantastic replacement for Philippe Coutinho.
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