According to Ass, Real Madrid is paying close attention to Rodri and they have two choices: make a buzzer-beating offer at the last moment of the transfer window, or wait until his contract is only one year left before taking action.
Real Madrid is interested in Rodri and is closely following the latest news that it is already causing concern within Manchester City. Real Madrid may use all means to attract the player and are beginning to become a real threat in the short term and long term.
To some extent, the "Rodri incident" will force Real Madrid to make a decision: either sell this transfer window, make a heavy buzzer-beating offer, or continue to wait, survive the season without strengthening the position, and develop a strategy for next summer, when Rodri is about to enter the final year of his contract with Manchester City.
For Real Madrid, these two options have their pros and cons. The truth is, Real Madrid is good at making quotes at the last minute. This forces clubs receiving quotes to make decisions quickly and in many cases it works.
They targeted Mbappe, who offered Paris a 180 million euro offer at the time, trying to bring him in the season before he became a free agent, but ultimately failed to do so due to falling behind Paris in the transfer market. But Florentino is indeed an expert at closing the deal at the last minute. This has happened to superstars such as Ronaldo, Bale, Modric and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The introduction of Rodri this summer will certainly mean spending starting at 100 million euros, and it will be a huge risk, as it is unclear how the player recovers after suffering a serious knee injury, although he has shown signs of recovery.
But on the other hand, this will be a huge temptation for Manchester City, who have the opportunity to get a lot of money for a 29-year-old who has recently undergone surgery. Neither side knew the true status of the Golden Globe winner.
If Real Madrid wait for another season, they will lose some at the competitive level of this season, but will win more certainty for whether to introduce Rodri in the future. First, if the player does refuse to renew his contract in the coming months, his price will be much lower. It may even drop to 60 million to 80 million euros.
Rodri will be at least 30 by then and will enter his last season at Manchester City, with the possibility of joining any team as free agent in the following summer. In addition, Real Madrid will also know more about the real situation of the player's knees. Of course, Manchester City will have the same information and try to renew his contract.
Within the transfer window (it is expected to be on September 1), Real Madrid will only play three rounds of the league. There is almost no time to react in case the obvious exposure of the tissue-like back midfielder is the position that needs to be strengthened, as in the face of Paris.
Manchester City will not have too much extra money, they signed Nico Gonzalez during Rodri's injury and had Kovacic and Gundogan, but neither of them showed the ability to do the position after that.
If Real Madrid decides to make that buzzer-beating offer, it would be strange that Guardiola would let go, but on the other hand, when the bait is thrown, the results are always difficult to predict...