Rodri’s potential transfer to Barcelona has been the talk of the town in Spain in current weeks, and unsurprisingly so given how poetic it’s for him to affix a bulk of the Spanish nationwide staff dressing room instantly after profitable the World Cup.
It was, nevertheless, not all the time Barcelona’s plan to signal Rodri, because the Blaugrana weren’t even within the race to land him a number of weeks in the past.
Actual Madrid led the race for the Ballon d’Or winner for a very long time and had been reportedly near touchdown the participant they noticed as a dream goal. All of it modified in a single evening, nevertheless, and Rodri handed Barcelona the inexperienced mild to enter negotiations, prioritising them over Los Blancos.
Captain left puzzled
Rodri’s arrival is a large increase for Barcelona’s midfield and an simple improve for the staff’s engine.
It does, nevertheless, directly affect the situation of certain players whom he threatens to displace from the XI. The most important such aggrieved social gathering is Frenkie de Jong.
As relayed by The Touchline in an unique replace, the Barcelona captain has been left puzzled by the membership’s choice to go for the Manchester Metropolis star and doesn’t perceive the rationale behind the transfer.
He’s shocked by the event as he feels his beginning spot and present position within the staff will take a success with Rodri’s arrival. He’s at the moment injured, however he is aware of that the route again to the beginning XI as soon as he’s match won’t be simple.
Paradoxically, nevertheless, it’s De Jong’s harm that’s stated to have acted because the turning level in the whole saga. It was solely after that growth that Barcelona started realistically contemplating the chance.
A damaged relationship
Frenkie de Jong has had some memorable moments underneath Hansi Flick, however his relationship with the supervisor will not be as nice as one would anticipate from the captain.
The participant prioritised his participation within the FIFA World Cup in direction of the enterprise finish of final season and sat out some essential campaign-defining video games for Barcelona on the time, all to make sure he was match for his nation. That didn’t go down nicely with Flick.
Additional, he performed by means of harm and ultimately aggravated his setback through the World Cup to the purpose the place he’s dominated out of the opening months of the brand new membership season. The supervisor, evidently, is livid at his selections.
In that sense, Flick no longer trusts De Jong and the belief between them is now damaged. Signing Rodri thus seems to be a direct response to that growth.
