Strong revelation from Iván René Valenciano: “James did not play because Everton does not want to lend him to the National Team”

After the controversy generated in social networks by the non-inclusion of James Rodríguez in the last Everton game, played this Wednesday, May 19, there were several speculations about the real reason why the cucuteño was not taken into account, since Despite the fact that Carlo Ancelotti stated that it was due to a theme of fatigue, the fans were not satisfied with that explanation.

Everton defeated Wolverhampton 1-0 on date 37 of the Premier League, which allows them to stay alive with the possibility of entering the Europa League next season, despite not depending on themselves as they have to give themselves a series of results, but the news of the engagement was the absence of the midfielder.

And it is that, apparently, James was in prime condition to be able to show off to his fans for the first time since his arrival, as Toffees fans returned to Goodison Park with the illusion of seeing the Colombian, considered the most important signing of the club this season.

However, to the surprise of many, the coffee grower was the great absentee from the line-up, since he was not even included in the substitute bench. Ancelotti, Everton coach, explained in the previous match the reason why the ’10’ of the Colombian National Team was not available: “James was left out because he was tired. He did not play for a while, then he was against Sheffield and today we prefer not to risk ”, mentioned.

Let us remember that the cucuteño came from playing 78 minutes in the last game of the ‘Toffees’ against Sheffield United for the day 36 after missing three commitments: two against Aston Villa and one more against West Ham, due to problems that neither Ancelotti nor the club explained. Although, due to the history of injuries, English media indicated that it would also be related to the calf.

However, the doubts appeared on social networks and several users expressed their dissatisfaction with what happened, and although more details are not known, there are those who already assure that James’s problems do not only involve physical issues.

This is the case of the former player Ivan René Valenciano, who, in the middle of his speech on the VBAR Caracol program, from Caracol Radio, revealed that the issue would have passed through a Colombian protest against the blue team.

“I am going to give you news that just happened to me … James did not play today because Everton does not want to lend him to the National Team. It makes the situation serious because when you don’t want to lend a player to the National Team, it seems to me that they are going to do everything possible to try to show that they can’t play ”, assured the ‘bomber’.

He added that: “If they show that he is injured and that he is not fit to play, he is not obliged to come. I think that is where the player should intervene, talk to the club and tell them, I want to go to my National Team and I will do everything possible to go, if they feel fit enough to come to our National Team ”, he pointed out.

Given this statement, the journalist Diego Rueda clarified that such things are not so easy to do, because the English club must show that the Colombian is injured, if he really is, in order to deny his loan.

“This has a process, Everton communicates to the Federation that the player is injured and must send everything that has been done to him. If the Colombian Federation is not calm with what the team has sent, it can do all the checks to see if it is okay. It is not an easy issue and more so on a FIFA date ”, explained.

Although there is still no talk of an official injury, Everything seems to indicate that James Rodríguez will be with Colombia in the games against Peru and Argentina on dates 7 and 8 of the South American qualifiers, after being included in the list of summoned by the technician Reinaldo Rueda.

James con Everton

The Colombian midfielder has played a total of 23 Premier League games this season, registering six goals and five assists. But, on the other shore, there have also been 14 matches in which he was not available: 13 of them due to injury and one due to technical decision.

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