Working under a coach who trusts him in Carlo Ancelotti, the Colombian playmaker has the conditions to get back to his very best
This initial two-year loan deal at Bayern Munich under a coach who trusts him is just what James Rodriguez needs to get his career back on track.
The golden boy of Brazil 2014 slipped out of the first-team picture under Zinedine Zidane and things reached a nadir at the Champions League final in Cardiff against Juventus.
Madrid possess an embarrassment of riches but even so it was surprising that James did not even make the bench that night.