{"id":43711,"date":"2026-02-04T09:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=43711"},"modified":"2026-02-04T09:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:38:10","slug":"james-rodriguez-on-verge-of-joining-minnesota-united-as-fabrizio-romano-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/transfer-news\/james-rodriguez-on-verge-of-joining-minnesota-united-as-fabrizio-romano-confirms\/","title":{"rendered":"James Rodr\u00edguez on verge of joining Minnesota United as Fabrizio Romano confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Rodr\u00edguez is set for a new chapter in his career as the Colombian playmaker edges closer to a move to Major League Soccer side Minnesota United. Renowned transfer expert Fabrizio Romano confirmed the development with his trademark \u201cHere we go,\u201d indicating that the deal is nearing completion and only final formalities remain.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old midfielder himself fueled speculation by posting \u201cHere we go\u201d on social media, signaling his imminent departure for the United States. Talks between Rodr\u00edguez and Minnesota United are understood to be in advanced stages, with the MLS club confident of securing his signature in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>Rodr\u00edguez has been a free agent after leaving S\u00e3o Paulo earlier this year and has been evaluating several options for the next phase of his career. Despite interest from clubs in South America and the Middle East, the former Real Madrid and Bayern Munich star appears ready to embrace a new challenge in MLS, where his experience and creativity could add significant value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Rodr\u00edguez is set for a new chapter in his career as the Colombian playmaker edges closer to a move\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":43712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4660],"tags":[3686,1823,3796,2573,2763,2095,4730,4413],"class_list":["post-43711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transfer-news","tag-david-ornstein","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-football-transfers","tag-james-rodriguez","tag-mls","tag-rodriguez","tag-transfers"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43713,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43711\/revisions\/43713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}