Richard Keys destroys Everton star James Rodriguez, shares embarrassing stat
Richard Keys has destroyed Everton playmaker James Rodriguez after he missed the end of the Premier League season.
The Toffees ended the campaign with an embarrassing 5-0 defeat against Manchester City, but the Colombian international missed out once again.
Rodriguez posted a picture of himself on a private plane before the Etihad clash, and Keys was left bewildered by his record of completing only seven games.
Writing on his blog on Monday afternoon, Keys insisted that James is everything that the Toffees don’t need at Goodison Park.
“Everton – 10th,” he wrote.
“Beaten 5-0 at City as their talisman posted pictures on Instagram from his private plane as he flew home Saturday. Couldn’t he have waited 24 hours and gone with the team to City? Show a bit of solidarity?
“‘Injured’ they tell me. Again? How? He only started 21 league games. And do you know how many he finished? Seven. That’s all – seven. No. Not for me. If Everton have any chance of re-joining the elite they need players who are committed. James isn’t.”
Frustrating.
It is hard to think of a more frustrating player than Rodriguez in recent years.
The Colombian international is easily the best player at Goodison Park when he is on the top of his game, but that is few and far between, unfortunately.
When he doesn’t show up, it is clear to see, and only completing the 90 minutes seven times since arriving is simply not good enough.
It also shows the lack of competition available to Carlo Ancelotti, who has no one who can do a similar job when Rodriguez is injured.
As for the social media post, that was embarrassing and he can keep that side of his life under wraps, no one cares when his side is being battered on the pitch.
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