Real Madrid: 5 best memories of James Rodriguez with Los Blancos

Signing for Los Blancos

After astonishing performances for Colombia in FIFA World Cup 2014, the golden boy was in eyes of Spanish side Real Madrid. In World Cup 2014, James expressed his passion and love for Real Madrid, he said it would be a ”life’s dream” to play for Los Blancos.

On July 22, 2014, James was presented in Santiago Bernabéu with over 45000 Madridista’s in Chamartín. The Colombian made his move from Monaco to Madrid with a six-year contract with the Spanish club for a fee of £63 million. At that time, this was the fourth-most expensive transfer in the world and third-most expensive in Real Madrid’s history, and most expensive Colombian ever.

The Colombian President stated that James was changing Colombian Footballing history and the entire country is standing behind the golden boy. The golden boy wore the famous No.10 following some greats to wear the shirt like Fernando Hierro, Luis Figo, and Mesut Ozil.

The number 10 in the footballing world is heavy, fans of Real Madrid had high expectations for the new signing. James was ready for all the hurdles in his way at Madrid and prepared to show that he is worthy enough to play at this huge club.