MLS club Minnesota United has started negotiations with 34-year-old Colombian playmaker James Rodriguez. According to The Athletic, the American team will not create a transfer bomb by signing a gravel who now has the status of a free agent.

Hames has lost his club since 2025, after breaking up with Mexican Leon. The last official match was held in the fall of last year for the Colombian national team. If it happens, Hames will become the most famous citizen who ever wore a Minnesota T-shirt.

For the footballer himself, this is a chance to get in shape before the World Cup 2026, which will be held in the USA, Mexico and Canada. Due to the absence of club practice, he is deprived of a key figure in the national team.

The career of the top scorer in the 2014 Emergency after leaving Real Madrid in 2020 is predicted by American weights. He won for England's Everton, Qatar's Al-Rayyan, Greece's Olympiakos, Brazil's Sao Paulo, Spain's Rayo Vallecano and Mexico's Leon.

Statistics in Mexico were mixed: 5 goals and 8 assists in 34 matches. Although in the first season the team reached the playoffs, Leon failed the other tournament and fell to the bottom of the table. There are no doubts about the class of Gravets - at Copa America 2024, which was held in the USA, Hames was recognized as the best competitor of the tournament, having helped Colombia reach the final against Argentina.

Guess what, there was information earlier that Hames was close to moving to the Columbus Crew.