James Rodriguez among the 50 most expensive players in history

This Monday, the world football transfer portal, Transfermarkert, published the list of the most expensive hires in history. James Rodriguez is on this list and is the only Colombian to appear.

The first player to appear in that top is Neymar. The Brazilian went from Barcelona to PSG for a sum of 222 million euros, a signing that caused a great controversy. It is then followed by Kylian Mbappé, who was transferred for a total of 145 million euros from Monaco to PSG, where he is currently active.

The next players in this ranking are Dembelé, Joao Felix, Antoine Griezmann, Jack Grealish, Cristiano Ronaldo, Romelu Lukaku and Eden Hazard, who complete the top 10.

On the Colombian side, James Rodríguez entered the top 50 after his arrival at Real Madrid, which took place in 2014 after his great performance at the World Cup in Brazil, where the 'merengues' paid Monaco 75 million euros.

The '10′ of the national team did not perform well in the Qatari league, in addition, in the last duel of Al-Rayyan, which was against Al-Shamal, James did not play. On the other hand, he has been losing prominence within the team despite having scored some goals, and his absence has been something almost constant.

The Colombian national team is ready to play the last two dates of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Qualifiers, because by the end of this month they will have to face Bolivia and Venezuela. For this double date the ownership of James Rodríguez is once again in doubt.

Given this situation, several names begin to appear on the keychain, as fans and the press have talked about some players who have stood out in the BetPlay League who could replace it. In less than two weeks, Reinaldo Rueda will have to announce who will make up the team that will fight to go to the repechage and keep alive the dream of going to a World Cup for the third time in a row.

On the other hand, the last two matches, which will be played in less than 15 days, Colombia will host Bolivia in Barranquilla on March 25, at 6:30pm local time, and will close with Venezuela in San Cristobal on the 30th of the same month, at 7:30pm Colombian time.

Now, it should be noted that the national team is ranked number 7 in the standings of the South American Qualifiers for Qatar 2022 with 17 points and three goals against. Now, in this position and with these units, mathematically, Colombia has one foot in and one foot out, since it has a chance to go to the World Cup, but it depends on the results of Uruguay and Peru.

Assuming that the national team scores all three points in these two matches, it needs Peru to draw or lose to Uruguay in Montevideo and Paraguay in Lima. That is to aspire to a repechage that will be played in June. And, if the 'tricolor' is in the fifth box, the World Cup draw will be held until next April 1. But it must be clear that only a miracle will have Reinaldo Rueda's team at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

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