BAYERN MUNICH HEAD coach Nico Kovac expects James Rodriguez to retain his motivation and focus for the rest of the season because he is “playing for his future” at the club.
James joined Bayern on a two-year loan deal from Real Madrid at the start of last season, and while he has impressed in spells, consistency has been lacking.
Bayern officials suggested in James’ first season that they had every intention of exercising their purchase option, but with that still to happen and more recent comments hinting at a change of mind, the Colombia international’s future remains in the air.
James has started just five times in the Bundesliga this term, and as Bayern prepare to return from Germany’s mid-season break away to Hoffenheim on Friday, Kovac is urging the playmaker to kick on and force the club into a decision.
“The competition is very big, but anyone can earn [their place],” Kovac told the German sports magazine Kicker.
“All the players signing a contract here know that you can be out of the team. He started well, then he had a few problems, but in Frankfurt [before the break] he again had a very good game.
James is playing for his future. I expect him to keep pushing. I see that he is motivated and focused, he wants to play more than in the past.
“As a coach, I can only rate what I see on the pitch, which is the standard for him, but also for everyone else. Nothing else matters.”
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That’s a huge blow to United’s europa league hopes
Yeah focus on the negative about Jose instead of the match result and performance typical.
@Paul: yeah, not one positive adjective about United’s performance in the whole article.
Bizarre that Mourinho was booed by the Chelsea fans. I missed portions of the match so might be missing something…
@James Clancy: it’s Chelsea fans, what do you expect?!!
@James Clancy: United fans will boo him yet. It’s his scorched earth departures that cause it really.
@Brian Curtin: small club Chelsea
Chelsea are a skummy club for the way they taunted Mourinho like that.would not expect anything more from the Chelsea blues Brothers supporters club.
They should have let him go. I doubt he’d be able to punch his way out of a paper bag and could do with a good slap.
He was actually heading to the exit before the final whistle only the stewards made him stay till the end
that was a real ‘hold me back…please hold me back’ he’d have had his arse handed to him if he’d got near that guy
Good result for city
Great crack!