{"id":1090825,"date":"2019-05-28T13:55:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T12:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1090825"},"modified":"2019-05-29T09:04:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T08:04:12","slug":"bayern-munich-james-rodriguez-transfer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/bayern-munich-james-rodriguez-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich rule out ‘human trafficking’ transfer move for James Rodriguez"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bayern Munich will not sign Real Madrid playmaker James Rodriguez just to sell him for a profit according to club president\u00a0Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rodriguez is just finishing a two-year loan-spell at the reigning Bundesliga champions but it seems his tenure with Bayern will not be extended beyond the 18\/19 season.<\/p>\n

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  1. James Rodriguez moved to Bayern from Real Madrid on a two-year loan-deal in 2017 for a loan for of\u00a0\u20ac13 million.<\/li>\n
  2. The 27-year-old has made 67 appearances for Bayern, scoring 15 goals in all competitions.<\/li>\n
  3. The deal included an option to buy Rodriguez on a permanent deal for\u00a0\u20ac42 million at the end of the loan.<\/li>\n
  4. The Columbian has won three major titles in two seasons; two Bundesliga titles and the DFB-Pokal.<\/li>\n
  5. Bayern president Rummenigge has insisted the club will not engage in ‘human trafficking’<\/a>\u00a0by buying and selling the player for profit.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Speaking to reporters about the possibility of extending Rodriguez’s stay at Bayern beyond the pre-agreed two-year spell, club president Rummenigge refused the notion that the club would take up the option of buying the player to simply make a profit this summer.<\/p>\n

    Rodriguez has been linked with a move to some of Europe’s biggest clubs but Bayern do have first option to purchase the player. Rummenigge has revealed the club will make a decision on the player “next week” but it will be a decision based on need over greed.<\/p>\n

    Rummenigge said<\/a>:\u00a0“That\u2019s not the style of Bayern.<\/p>\n

    “We don\u2019t want to do human trafficking, to push something elsewhere to make some money. FC Bayern has never been that way.<\/p>\n

    “We will surely come together next week and we will decide what to do. We must put all options on the table and decide how to handle all those things that aren\u2019t certain yet. We must make exclamation marks out of the question marks.”<\/p>\n