I like you and your City content, but calling this a betrayal feels wrong. Rodri gave City seven years, a treble, four league titles and the winning goal in a Champions League final. City helped make him great AND he helped make City great. Nobody owes a club the rest of his career because the relationship worked.
He turns 30 this summer and has spent much of the past two years fighting back from a major knee injury. If he wants to spend his remaining prime years in Spain, closer to home, the timing makes sense. It may even make sense for City at the right price.
Aguero left. Fernandinho left. Gündogan left, then came back. None became less loved. Rodri clearly cares about City, and I could easily see him returning as a manager someday. Sometimes a great chapter ends without anyone being the villain.
Imagine Rodri extends.
We bring in Bouaddi.
Anderson hits the ground running.
Phil returns to POTY form.
Savinho stays.. and bangs.
.. is that asking too much?
🚨 EXCLUSIVA | ¡Lo de Rodri al Barça se calienta! 🔥🔵🔴
➡️Como os revelé en exclusiva, el Barça va a iniciar las negociaciones con el Manchester City en las próximas horas para el traspaso del centrocampista español.
➡️Rodri ya ha dado el "sí" definitivo tras los contactos regulares con Deco, Flick y varios jugadores de la plantilla.
➡️Atentos, porque la primera oferta del Barça podría caer más rápido de lo previsto... 👀🔵🔴
#Barça #Rodri
Rodri’s gotta give his OK to Barcelona.
He has to decide.
…so until then, Barça won’t make a proposal. They want to be sure that the player is prioritizing them.
If raising their offer for Vini Jr has meant they can’t afford Rodri
That’s a big decision to make
They’ve not been suffering from a lack of attacking firepower, they’ve been suffering from a lack of balance and control, that Rodri solves