Real pals reunite in Greece: Rodriguez and Marcelo teammates again

Olympiakos decided to end the summer transfer window, which lasts until tomorrow in Greece, in style. The red and whites from Piraeus recently surprised the football world by signing the contract with the most decorated player in the history of Real Madrid, Marcelo, and today another former star of the Royal Club has signed. The contract with the Greek team will be signed by the Colombian attacker James Rodriguez.James Rodríguez is set for a medical with Olympiacos after agreeing a loan deal from Al-Rayyan, reports @FabrizioRomanoReunion in Greece pending 🤝 pic.twitter.com/AS4N82Z3gH— B/R Football (@brfootball) September 14, 2022 The ‘fallen star’ comes on loan from Qatar’s Al Rayyan, which he joined last summer, and has a valid contract there for two more years, worth 6 million euros per season. However, the Colombian did not like it in Qatar despite the big salary and after a few months he asked to leave. He was linked with numerous clubs this summer. From Boca Juniors and Brazilian Botafogo, to Valencia and Galatasaray. However, in the end it was Olympiakos who managed to reach an agreement with the player and the Qatari club. The Greek club will pay between 2 and 2.5 million euros of his annual salary, while the Qatari club will cover the rest. He is expected today in Athens for medical examinations and contract signing.James goes to Qatar, putting an end to his ambitions as a serious playerRodríguez arrived in European football as a teenager when Porto brought him from Banfield in Argentina. He spent three years in the Portuguese giants and attracted the attention of the biggest European clubs, and in the summer of 2013 he moved to Monaco in a transfer worth 45 million euros. A year later, after great performances and the Golden Boot at the World Cup in Brazil, he became one of the most expensive signings in the history of Real Madrid, who paid him as much as 75 million euros. He was brilliant in his first season at Madrid, but already began to decline in the following two and moved to Bayern on a two-year loan. The Bavarians did not buy him, so he spent another season in Real, who then let him go to Everton without compensation. He was not satisfied at Goodison either and after a year he decided to accept a rich offer from Qatar. But now he decided to return to Europe…##NAJAVA_MECA_6642905##

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