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Patricio Camps on Sportish about James Rodriguez: “Everyone will fall in love with him, he is fantastic”
Patricio Camps, who was Jose Pekerman’s assistant in the Colombia national team and has worked with James Rodriguez for years, spoke to Sportish about the 31-year-old, who will continue his career at Olympiakos.
Olympiacos set off James Rodríguez’s ‘bomb’. The Reds and Whites have been methodical over the past 24 hours, signing the 31-year-old Colombian midfielder on loan from Al Rayyan to Greece.
This is undoubtedly a massive step as he is a world-class, top-performing footballer that will forever enhance the Reds squad.
That Sportish contacted 50-year-old Patricio Camps, who had come to Greece in 2000 on behalf of PAOK. The Argentina coach was part of Jose Pekerman’s coaching staff for the Colombia national team and knows James like few, having worked with him for a number of years.
It was in the team that made it to the quarter-finals of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil that Rodriguez shone and finally launched his career. His impressive presence at the event made him this summer’s hottest name in all of Europe.
James was bought from Monaco by Real Madrid after the World Cup and was loaned to Bayern in 2017-2019, followed by Everton in the 2020/21 season and then Al Rayyan. Now he returns to Europe for Olympiakos and will reunite with Marcelo, with whom he was teammates in the merengues.
“I know James very well, we’ve been together for so many years. To me he’s a top footballer and the fact that he’s played in the best teams in Europe proves it. He even found himself at a World Cup.” Top Scorer of the Tournament”originally said Patricio Camps Sportish and continued how he feels about his decision to choose Greece as his next football destination:
“I really like that he chose Greece and Olympiakos. It’s always a challenge to play for big teams. We know how Greece and their fans are. He’s a player who challenges himself, plays courageously, footballing courageous and also not.” will have absolutely no problem in Greece”.
Asked about Hames’ character and personality, he said: “I have no doubt that Greeks will fall in love with him, not just Olympiakos fans but all Greek sports fans will fall in love with him. He will conquer Greece and the hearts of Greeks. He’s a fantastic player and person and you’ll understand when he comes to Greece and you see him.”
Source: sport 24
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.