{"id":677424,"date":"2026-01-06T09:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T09:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/677424\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T09:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T09:58:12","slug":"juventus-make-contact-with-rodriguezs-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/677424\/","title":{"rendered":"Juventus Make Contact with Rodriguez\u2019s Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Ham\u2019s<\/a> season has unravelled badly.<\/p>\n

Results have been scarce, performances have dipped, and the club find themselves locked in a relegation battle with pressure mounting on Nuno Esp\u00edrito Santo. Amid the chaos, several squad players have been left on the fringes \u2014 and one in particular now looks increasingly likely to move on.<\/p>\n

One of the most marginalised figures at the London Stadium has been Guido Rodr\u00edguez. The Argentine midfielder arrived with pedigree but has barely featured, despite coming close to leaving in the summer. Instead, he has spent most of the campaign warming the bench.<\/p>\n

Rodr\u00edguez has managed just 166 minutes of Premier League football, starting only two matches, and his lack of involvement has inevitably fuelled speculation about a January exit.<\/p>\n

That interest now appears to be turning serious.<\/p>\n

Juventus Make Contact with Rodr\u00edguez\u2019s Representatives<\/b>
\n\"LucasLucas Paqueta, Guido Rodriguez. (REUTERS\/Amanda Perobelli)<\/p>\n

According to Italian journalist Gianluigi Longari,<\/a> Juventus have opened fresh lines of communication with the representatives of Guido Rodr\u00edguez, with the midfielder\u2019s name said to be very much on the club\u2019s shortlist.<\/p>\n

West Ham are already active in the January window.<\/p>\n

The arrivals of Pablo Felipe from Gil Vicente and Taty Castellanos from Lazio<\/a> underline the club\u2019s intent to address their attacking woes. At the same time, departures are also being prioritised to ease the wage bill.<\/p>\n

Niclas F\u00fcllkrug has already moved on to AC Milan, while Luis Guilherme is set to join Sporting Lisbon. Rodr\u00edguez could now follow them out of the exit door.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old joined West Ham on a free transfer from Real Betis last year, signing a two-year contract that runs until the end of the season.<\/p>\n

The Hammers do hold an option to extend the deal by a further year, but that clause may simply serve to protect value rather than signal a long-term future.<\/p>\n

Reports back in November suggested Rodr\u00edguez was already exploring an exit, and Juventus\u2019 renewed approach suggests a move could materialise quickly if terms can be agreed.<\/p>\n

Rodr\u00edguez\u2019s West Ham spell has never truly got going, and with Juventus circling, January could offer a clean break for both player and club.<\/p>\n

As West Ham reshuffle their squad in a bid to survive, moving on an underused senior player may be one of the few straightforward decisions available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Ham\u2019s season has unravelled badly. Results have been scarce, performances have dipped, and the club find themselves…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-677424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115847568292690004","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}