James Rodriguez left Real Madrid for Bayern Munich in 2017 after Jorge Mendes presented the option. He said he was considering Manchester United, but Mendes asked whether he wanted to go to Bayern and claimed Carlo Ancelotti requested him. Ancelotti told him that Manchester was “dead” and insisted he come to Bayern. James later stated that going to Bayern Munich was a good decision. Bayern had players like Thomas Muller, but Ancelotti was sacked before October after a 3-0 loss to PSG. Playing time became difficult to manage among Bayern’s attacking stars that season, and James’s career after his 2014 World Cup goal rarely followed expectations.
"“I was going to join Manchester United, and Jorge (Mendes) said to me, 'Do you want to go to Bayern?' And I said, 'Where am I going to play? there's Ribéry, Robben...' He said, 'Carlo asked for you.'”"
"“Carlo called me, and I said, 'I think I'm going to Manchester.' And he replied, 'What Manchester? Manchester are dead. You have to come here with me.'”"
"“I think it was a good decision to go to Bayern Munich.”"
"“Ironically, James did not get to play for long with the man who recruited him to Bavaria. Ancelotti was unceremoniously sacked before October of that season after a 3-0 thrashing at the hands of PSG and playing time was not easy to juggle for Bayern's attacking stars that season.”"
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