{"id":584984,"date":"2026-08-06T13:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/584984\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T13:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:28:08","slug":"barcelona-real-madrid-man-citys-rodri-has-a-decision-to-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/584984\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona? Real Madrid? Man City’s Rodri has a decision to make"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rodri missed much of the 2024-25 campaign after sustaining a serious knee injury, and parts of last season were disrupted by a hamstring issue.<\/p>\n

However, the 2024 Ballon d’Or winner was back to his best at the World Cup in the summer, leading Spain to their second title and being named player of the tournament.<\/p>\n

Rodri said earlier this season his future would be sorted out after the tournament, but he is currently out of action after undergoing back surgery.<\/p>\n

City are currently on a pre-season tour in the Far East and face Arsenal<\/a> in the Community Shield next Sunday, but Rodri is yet to link up with his team-mates. Once he does return, he has a major decision to make.<\/p>\n

Does he sign the deal that is on offer from City, see out the final months of his contract and become a free agent next summer or take up the tantalising prospect of a return to his homeland?<\/p>\n

City sources have previously told BBC Sport they are “counting on” the player for next season, while a significant fee would need to be offered to even consider a sale of the player.<\/p>\n

A move to Barca would allow Rodri to join the title winners for the past two seasons and unite with national team compatriots Ferran Torres, Lamine Yamal, Pau Cubarsi and Pedri.<\/p>\n

However, he may enjoy a quick reunion with ex-City team-mate Bernardo Silva, who joined Real on a free this summer, and the club will be led by the returning Jose Mourinho.<\/p>\n

Rodri, though, may not receive a universal reception if he joins one of the two Spanish giants.<\/p>\n

He played for Atletico Madrid in the past and having previously said<\/a> “you can’t turn down the best clubs in the world” with regards to Real, the reception at Nou Camp would be highly interesting if he did end up there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rodri missed much of the 2024-25 campaign after sustaining a serious knee injury, and parts of last season…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-584984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}