Colombian forward, James Rodriguez, signed a six-year deal with Real Madrid on Tuesday, barely a week after finishing the World Cup as the tournament’s top scorer with six goals.
The 23-year-old Rodriguez, who helped Colombia reach the quarterfinals in Brazil, passed a medical examination at the Sanitas Clinic in the northern suburb of La Moraleja and will be presented to fans at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Tuesday afternoon. “I’m very happy,” Rodriguez said as he left the clinic. “Everything went well.”
Real agreed to pay Monaco 80 million euros ($108 million) for Rodriguez.
He is expected to join the squad on August 1.
Rodriguez’s goal against Uruguay in the second round of the World Cup, when he chested the ball down and then volleyed it in, was voted the best goal of the tournament.
Rodriguez will strengthen Madrid’s offensive lineup by joining Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema in attack.
The Colombia forward will likely wear the No. 10 shirt, vacated when Mesut Ozil left Madrid for Arsenal.
Rodriguez, who had joined Monaco from FC Porto last year, is Madrid’s second signing after Germany midfielder, Toni Kroos, joined Thursday from Bayern Munich.
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