{"id":708536,"date":"2026-06-01T20:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/708536\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:38:12","slug":"rodri-man-city-midfielder-will-wait-until-after-world-cup-to-sort-out-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/708536\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodri: Man City midfielder will wait until after World Cup to sort out future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-city\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester City<\/a> midfielder Rodri says he will wait until after the World Cup to sort out his future at the club amid links to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Spain international has a year left on his contract at City and has previously indicated he would like to return to play in his homeland at some stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rodri, 29, has emerged as a potential transfer target should Real Madrid presidential candidate Enrique Riquelme get elected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Riquelme is challenging incumbent Florentino Perez in this weekend&#8217;s election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;With a World Cup ahead, my responsibility is to stay focused,&#8221; Rodri told a news conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Anything related to my future will wait until after the World Cup.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rodri joined City from Atletico Madrid in 2019 and has played a key role in the club&#8217;s recent success, winning four Premier League four titles and the Champions League once.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/ce8yevg34v1o\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">won the Ballon d&#8217;Or in 2024<\/a> although he struggled with injuries since he suffered a cruciate ligament tear in September 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rodri said he will not &#8220;give too much importance&#8221; to rumours about his future as it &#8220;part of the job&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;When a player is approaching the final stage of his contract, it&#8217;s normal for names to be mentioned,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m very calm, I know exactly where I stand, and I&#8217;ll tell you that perhaps if there hadn&#8217;t been a World Cup, things might be different now.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester City midfielder Rodri says he will wait until after the World Cup to sort out his future&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-708536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}