Fifth most expensive in Qatari soccer history: how much Al Rayyan paid for James Rodriguez?

James Rodríguez, after months of uncertainty, put an end to his novel with Everton. The Colombian decided to leave the Premier League to take on a new challenge in his career: signing for Al Rayyan of Qatar. Immediately, different rumors began to arise about how much the club would have paid to have it. 

This Sunday details of the negotiations between the Qatari team the "Toffees" were revealed. It was 8 million euros what James Rodriguez cost and it became the fifth most expensive transfer in the history of the Asian league.

As revealed by the Transfermarkt page, specialized in footballer transfers, the Colombian player is only surpassed by Shoya Nakajima (35 million) and Toby Alderweireld (13 million) to Al-Duhail, Christian Benítez (11.7 million) to El-Jaish and Nilmar (10 million).

What surprised fans the most is how much James will earn. As revealed by the English press, his contract would be for nine months, in which he would earn 800,000 pounds sterling every 30 days, that is, 1,092,546 dollars or 931,541 euros. From knowing these amounts, it can be calculated that, during his entire journey in Asia, he would receive 7,200,000 pounds. This figure in dollars is 9,833,079 and in euros it is 8,383,847.

James Rodríguez: Teams he played for

2006–2008 Envigado 30 appearances and 9 goals

2008–2010 Banfield 42 appearances and 5 goals

2010–2013 Porto 63 appearances and 25 goals

2013–2014 Monaco 34 appearances and 9 goals

2014–2020 Real Madrid 85 appearances and 29 goals

2017–2019 Bayern Munich appearances and 43 and 14 goals

2020–2021 Everton 23 appearances and 6 goals

James Rodriguez: Tournaments that he won

- Envigado

Categoría Primera B: 2007

- Banfield

Primera División Argentina: Apertura 2009

- Porto

Primeira Liga: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13

Taça de Portugal: 2010–11

Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2012

UEFA Europa League: 2010–11

- Real Madrid

La Liga: 2016–17, 2019–20

Supercopa de España: 2019–20

UEFA Champions League: 2015–16, 2016–17

UEFA Super Cup: 2014, 2016

FIFA Club World Cup: 2014, 2016

- Bayern Munich

Bundesliga: 2017–18, 2018–19

DFB-Pokal: 2018–19

James Rodriguez: Highlights