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Date of publication: Wednesday 5th June 2019 3:44
James Rodriguez never intended to sign permanently at Bayern Munich, according to his CEO, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
The Colombian international has moved towards Bayern on a two-year loan agreement in July 2017 and played 67 games, scoring 15 goals and winning two Bundesliga trophies, two DFL Supercups and one DFB Pokal.
After being loaned over the last two seasons in Germany, Bayern could have triggered a contract allowing it to sign it permanently for a total of 42 million euros.
Bayern's CEO revealed why the midfielder would not return to the Allianz Arena next season.
"We had a personal conversation with [James] and he asked us not to exercise his option to buy, "Rummenigge told Sport Bild.
"He wants to play and be a starter, and here at Bayern it's not guaranteed, personally I'm sorry."
Manchester United, Chelsea, Juventus and Napoli will welcome this news who all expressed an interest for 27 years.
After moving to Europe in 2010 to sign for FC Porto, James signed for Monaco and then for Madrid after a superb 2014 World Cup for Colombia.
Having learned that he was surplus to the Bernabeu, James may be available cheaply and at age 27 he reached his peak. That's why the interest in Colombia is so high.
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