James Rodriguez overcame the injury and returned to training with Al Rayyan

The Colombian has not played since May 5, when his team was eliminated in the hands of Al Wakrah in the Emir's Cup

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James Rodriguez returned to training with Al Rayyan, after overcoming the muscle injury that left him out of the first two of the Asian Champions League matches. These were against Istiklol Dushanbe, which ended in 3-2 victory and against Al Hilal, where Gustavo Cuellar played, who ended in 3-0 defeat.

The Colombian's injury was confirmed by coach Nicolás Cordova prior to the second match, when he was consulted by news that said that the player had refused to participate in the continental club championship, where the Chilean denied this version and confirmed the injury without giving any further details:

Al Rayyan's next match will be against Sharjah FC, on Friday 15 April at 12:15 noon. After this, there will be three matches where he must define the move to the next round of the Asian Champions League. These will be the lap matches for what will repeat rivals, Sharjah, Al Hilal and Istiklol Dushanbe.

The future of James Rodríguez will always be a topic that will be talked about, since the Cucuteño has on more than one occasion expressed his intention to abandon Qatari football to return to the elite of international football.

In the past few days there was a rumor of an alleged interest in Sao Paulo. However, these rumors were denied by journalist Jorge Nicola, who reported that he had a conversation with the president of the Brazilian club and ruled out any possibility of hiring former Real Madrid.

However, the '10' of the Colombia national team would have an option to leave Qatar's Al-Rayyan, since the Americas of Mexico or the Regiomontans Tigres and Monterrey have the financial capacity to sign him.

In 2020, when he was part of the 'Merengue' club, during an interview with Daniel Habif, the Colombian fielder chose the Aztec country's league and left the door open to play there.

“You have to listen, why not? I never say no to anything. God never knows, Mexico has a lot of acquisition, many good things. There is a lot of money, I never say never because you never know, football changes a lot in three, four years.”

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