Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 12:00 / Updated Tuesday, July 22, 2025 12:22
Since the separation of Toni Kroos, last summer, Real Madrid is lacking a midfielder of his waist. Cerebral, with a vision of the game and an excellent balloon distributor, practically, an “extension” of the technical bank in the field.
Real Madrid wants Rodri from Manchester City. Now or next summer!
Such a role fulfills Rodrigo Hernandez (Rodri) at Manchester City and the national of Spain, and on “Santiago Bernabeu” is more and more talked about. The fact that he has not yet extended his contract due in 2027 makes him even more attractive, even though Pep Guardiola has repeatedly said that he is an essential player for him and does not sell it.
His absence in most of the last season, as a result of a break of cross ligaments, to break negative on the game of “citizens”, which missed all the trophies put into play in 2024 – 2025. The journalist Anton Meana, specialist on Real Madrid, commented on the situation in the show “El Larguero”.
Real Madrid would now give 200 million euros for Rodri. Or 100 million next summer
“The only one that suits now is Rodri, but it is not a viable transaction. Because City does not want to sell it and we have to see it by playing after the injury. It is a transaction that Madrid has in mind and is not excluded to approach this summer or next summer.
At this moment, the answer is to not buy a number 5 unless Rodri becomes available. They will go with what they have and will not sign a midfielder who wanted Xabi Alonso. The chiefs of the club do not think there is a number 5 more suitable than Rodri, ”said Meana.
Spanish newspapers speculate that Real would go up to 200 million euros if Pep gave Rodri in this mercato window, while Meana sees the transfer more likely next summer, when the player will only have a year left with City, and estimates it to about 100 million euros.
