Price is no obstacle! Real Madrid ready to pay whatever Man City asks for Rodri

Florentino Pérez has decided not to haggle over the club’s main summer target.

Details: According to sources, Real Madrid are prepared to pay Manchester City’s asking price for their holding midfielder Rodri. Previously, the Citizens had raised the price for the Spain captain to €75-80 million, which significantly complicated negotiations—Madrid had hoped to close the deal for €50-60 million. Now, it seems, the financial barrier has fallen.

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Real’s determination is easy to explain: Rodri, 30, has a contract with City until the summer of 2027, and this is the last window in which the English club can cash in significantly on their leader. Personal terms with the player have already been agreed—Rodri himself has long dreamed of returning home. He’s become the summer’s main protagonist: he played every minute of all eight matches for Spain at the World Cup, led his team to the title, and claimed the tournament’s Ballon d’Or in addition to his 2024 Ballon d’Or.

Here’s an interesting fact: if the deal goes through at City’s asking price, Rodri will break the record for the most expensive Spanish footballer in history—a record he himself set back in 2019 when he moved to City from Atlético for £62.6 million.

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