When “Don Dinero rules”, there is no human power that can make him change his mind and precisely the Uruguayan Jonathan “Cabecita” Rodríguez He fulfilled this old saying to the letter by accepting the juicy offer from the Major League Soccer (MLS) team Portland Timbers, to continue his professional career in soccer in the country of the stars and stripes.
Prior to this decision, the América coach, the Brazilian André Jardine, had stated that Jonathan Rodríguez He was comfortable in the Águilas team, but the pressure from Edgardo Lasalvia, representative of the Uruguayan player, tipped the balance in favor of the juicy offer from the North American team.
According to unofficial versions, it is claimed that the MLS team’s offer will allow the Uruguayan player to receive a salary of 4 million dollars per year (approximately 68 million pesos).), well above the 2.6 million dollars per year that he received in America.
It should be noted that the Portland Timber will be the eighth team in the professional career of the Uruguayan striker, after he left Peñarol de Montevideo, a squad that saw him born professionally in his native Uruguay. and that later led him to play for Benfica in Portugal, Deportivo La Coruña in Spain, Santos Laguna and Cruz Azul in Mexico, Al-Nassr FC in Arabia and América in Mexico.
An important fact is that America He also won in the negotiation with almost seven million dollars for the transfer of one of his figures to the MLS.
America interested in the Moroccan of Dutch origin Anwar El Ghazi
After the losses of the forwards, the Uruguayan Jonathan “Cabecita” Rodríguez and the Argentine Leonardo Suárez, without a doubt The American coaching staff urgently needs to make up for these losses with a quality reinforcement and for that reason they have set their eyes on the Moroccan of Dutch descent Anwar El Ghazi.
The striker is currently without a team after having His contract with the FSV Mainz 05 team of the German Bundesliga has ended.
This is the clearest option that America has, but they have until March 8 to decide who will arrive to cover the absence of Jonathan Rodríguez and Leonardo Suárez.
“Cabecita” Rodríguez will not play against Atlas
Finally, it should be noted that before the closure After the transfer to the Portland Timbers, Uruguayan Jonathan Rodríguez was no longer considered to play against Atlas this Saturday on date 10 of the Liga MX Clausura 2024 tournament.
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