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James: I want to stay at Madrid for a long time

James Rodriguez insisted his future is with Real Madrid, despite ongoing speculation over his future.

In a rare chance to impress under Zinedine Zidane, James started in Madrid's 3-1 win against Napoli in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash on Wednesday.

"I thinking everything is going well, Madrid are a big club and I always wanted to be here," he said.

"Good and bad things always happen but I want to stay here for a lot longer.

"I always train to play and I want to be here."

James continued: "You always want to play, now that I have more game time, everything is slowly changing."

"He's good, he's an excellent coach and he's very talented," James said. "I have spoken to him about certain issues already and I do not want to talk about it."