James Rodriguez wants to stay at Real Madrid despite losing starting place
Sunday 29 May 2016 12:11, UK
James Rodriguez insists he wants to stay with Real Madrid "for many years", despite losing his place in the starting line-up.
The Colombian remained on the bench during Real's penalty shoot-out win over Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final in Milan on Saturday.
James made only 21 starts for Real this season, with manager Zinedine Zidane preferring Casemiro in a defensive midfield role.
But the 24-year-old, who moved to the Bernabeu in 2014 for an estimated 80m euros, says the experience has been a learning curve.
"The season was a little strange but when you have bad things you learn too, eventually you learn every day.
"You never know in football but I want to stay here and my idea is to be here for many more years.
"I think I need to look forward. I'm happy here. All my people are happy. This is the ideal club and I want to be here.
"I'm happy, everyone played a great game and in the end it was good. I wanted the team to win, what's best is I get another Champions League."
Real captain Sergio Ramos also hinted that he wanted to remain at the club until his retirement, pledging his allegiance to president Florentino Perez.
The 30-year-old Spaniard said: "I won't live forever, but I'm proud of the way [Perez] chairs the club. I'll always be wherever Florentino is."
