James Rodriguez officially signed for Real Madrid

James Rodriguez finally signed today a six years contract with Real Madrid, announced the club , the amount of the transfer is estimated at 80 million EUR .

Expected for several days, the arrival of James Rodriguez at Real Madrid is now official. The Merengue club announced on Tuesday the signing of the former Monaco player who took his traditional medical visit in Madrid.

A six-year contract. On the other hand, no information was released concerning the amount of his transfer but the Spanish press mentioned a sum of 80 million EUR (including bonus) , which would make him the fifth most expensive signing in the history.

In the Spanish capital, the 23 years old Colombian player would receive a net annual salary of 7 million EUR . The player will be presented this Tuesday evening at 20h00 at Bernabeu (19h00 British BST).

With the 2014 World Cup golden boot winner (six goal), Real Madrid continued his race to bolster their team , after signing the German World Cup Champions Toni Kroos for approximately 30 million euros , they are currently negotiating with the Costa Rican keeper Keylor Navas,

With this two new signing , we can already expect a solid team alongside Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale , which could help Real Madrid win the 6 trophy's they are competing for this season..

The signing of James is also a reply to Barcelona and their 81 million expenditure to bring Luis Suarez alongside Messi and Neymar.

On the other side, Monaco lost one of their best element during the absence of Falcao (9 goals and 12 assists in League 1 last season) , but they made a great profit from a player which they bought 45 million euros last season from Porto. "The club had no intention of giving up the player. It has happened a time where we have considered that the solution of a transfer would be beneficial to all parties, explains Vadim Vasilyev (AS Monaco vice-president) in a press release.

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