Bayern Munich President Uli Hoeness has said that manager Niko Kovac will have the final say in the future of James Rodriguez.
The 2014 World Cup Golden Boot winner joined Bayern on a two-year loan from Real Madrid in 2017. He had an impressive first season, scoring 8 goals and providing 14 assists in 39 appearances across all competitions.
This season, the Colombian winger has made 19 appearances, scoring thrice and registering 5 assists. His loan deal comes to an end in the summer and Bayern have the option to buy him.
James earlier said that he will take a call on his future at the end of the season.
However, Hoeness said that Kovac will have the final call on James. The former Germany international said, “It depends very much on whether Niko Kovac says: ‘I want to keep him’. If he says, ‘he’s a great player but won’t play regularly under me’, then we can’t pay the transfer fee.
It all depends on what we want. We have an option that we can choose to take up or not. If we choose to do so, he’ll stay.”
