Sources consulted by ESPN assure the Uruguayan attacker is no longer comfortable in Cruz Azul, so he is forcing his exit in this winter market
MEXICO – The video of the party in which he appears Jonathan Rodriguez with concentration clothes, the outcome of a novel that began writing in mid-last year has accelerated: the pressure of the Uruguayan striker to improve his contract or to leave Blue cross.
Since May 2020, through its environment, Rodriguez has leaked alleged interest from clubs like Serie A Cagliari and Eredivisie PSV, although La Noria has never received a formal offer from Italy or the Netherlands.
Dissatisfaction with some of the economic terms of his contract, knowing that he is under the Argentinian’s exorbitant salaries Milton Caraglio (115 thousand USD per month), today an Atlas player and his fellow countryman, Pablo Ceppelini (80 thousand USD per month), which does not even go to the bank, the ‘Small head’ has looked for a way to improve his salary or return to European football, but sources with knowledge of the situation between the club and the player assure ESPN that Rodríguez’s economic proposal Shenzhen FC to emigrate to Chinese football in this winter market, that is, as soon as possible.
“But it is one thing he wants to leave or accept the terms of a team, but that is quite another Blue cross accept the economic offer from the Chinese club or another if it is well below what the institution hopes to recover for the ‘Cabecita’, ”explained a source.
These economic conditions are simple. According to sources consulted, the previous administration was headed by Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas, paid $ 13 million for it Jonathan Rodriguez to Santos Laguna in December 2018, which is why the institution considers the Small head as a club asset and expect to receive no less than $ 10 million for it.
The first offer of the Shenzhen arrived at La Noria last December for $ 4 million, and in the last few hours the Chinese club raised it to $ 6 million, but it’s far from what Cruz Azul hopes to recover for the current Liga MX scoring champion.
Regardless, the La Noria team is aware that Rodríguez is no longer at ease, as evidenced by his performance on the field, having scored just one goal in the last eight official matches of Blue cross (First leg of the quarter-finals against Tigres), as he went blank in the last two games of the regular phase of the previous tournament, in three of the four Liguilla games and the first two of this tournament.
Also his behavior off the field, such as the party he attended wearing concentration clothes, and the fact that he did not play against LAFC for the Concachampions quarterfinals last December due to an alleged muscle overload, the player complained but the medical staff showed no signs. found, or prior to the game against Puebla this Saturday, when coach Juan Reynoso said that Rodríguez was going to the bench for training alongside the team for only one or two days, these are reasons that indicate the Uruguayan is no longer in La Noria want to stay.
As their future is being determined, at the cement club they are clear that the Small head He no longer has his head in Cruz Azul.
It will receive a sporting and economic sanction
Consulted sources have also confirmed this to ESPN Jonathan Rodriguez he will face a strong financial and sporting sanction, but this will first be communicated to the player and his representative as soon as this Tuesday or Wednesday the board of directors and technical staff interview the Uruguayan striker.
The sanction can even amount to a month of his salary, while the decision on the sports penalty depends on the coach Juan Reynoso, after consultation with the Executive President Álvaro Dávila and the Sports Director Jaime Ordiales.