The Colombia Football Federation has confirmed that Real Madrid midfielder James Rodriguez has sustained a knee injury in training ahead of his nation’s exhibition match against Peru on Friday (via the Daily Mail). This recent development will come as another huge disappoint for the player who has struggled to find consistency in terms of his performances on the field this season.
Rodriguez’s Fall From Grace In The Spanish Top-Flight
The 28-year-old has made a lacklustre start to this campaign and has also missed a handful of matches due to injury. Rodriguez has featured in nine matches for Los Blancos this term, scoring once while providing one assist across multiple competitions.
Maybe a change of scenery would help him get the platform to reignite his career in European football. Even when fit and available for selection, Zinedine Zidane has often chosen not to use the Colombia international in some games.
He is quite an unreliable presence in the Madrid dressing room as Zidane never looks sure what he is going to get out of him every match-day. Now that Rodriguez has suffered another injury setback, it would be quite difficult for him to earn a place back in the Madrid starting XI.
Is The Colombia International’s Career At The Bernabeu Coming To A Halt?
On his day, Rodriguez still has the potential to win any match on his own. However, he has lacked consistency and has been low on confidence for the Galacticos this season. The Colombian dazzler has lost a yard of pace from his game and looks like a shell of his former self these days.
The Spanish giants will be better off letting him go when the transfer window reopens in January as he has shown no signs of improvement in recent weeks. Furthermore, his poor record with injuries has derailed his career at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
Zidane could use the money generated from his sale to bring in a capable replacement. The La Liga outfit will benefit from acquiring a new attacking midfielder who can come in and add some creativity and dynamism to the Madrid first-team. For now, it does seem like Rodriguez’s spell with the Galacticos is slowly but surely coming to an end.
