Mario Balotelli and James Rodriguez were proposed to the Polish club Wieczysta Kraków, which is described as a new financial power in Poland. The club's president and former Polish international, Sławomir Peszko, explained that the proposal was rejected. He stated that the club was not willing to pay 3 million euros for a player with a prestigious name to join them and not be fully committed, adding that if that was the club's reasoning, he could sign himself as a footballer because he had also played in the World Cup.