Rodri to Real Madrid: Los Blancos 'face competition' as Euro heavyweight 'explore' options to replace £64m star

Barcelona are rumoured to beryllium exploring an ambitious woody to motion Manchester City midfielder Rodri this summer.

The La Liga champions person reportedly held preliminary discussions with the representatives of the 30-year-old regarding the circumstantial conditions of a imaginable summertime switch.

The undeniable entreaty of the sporting task astatine Camp Nou is understood to heavy entice the Spain international, reports The Athletic.

A determination to Catalonia would seamlessly reunite the talented playmaker with 8 of his World Cup-winning planetary teammates, including Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres and Pau Cubarsi.

The supra root reports that the existing familiarity alongside a wide tactical alignment with caput manager Hansi Flick makes Barcelona an incredibly charismatic destination.

Real look 'intense competition' for Rodri transfer

Los Blancos had been moving tirelessly to finalise an statement and stay highly funny successful the services of the 2024 Ballon d'Or winner.

While idiosyncratic presumption are not expected to beryllium a important hurdle for the Madrid outfit, negotiations with Man City implicit a suitable transportation interest person seemingly stalled.

Barcelona are present believed to person entered the bidding warfare pursuing a devastating genu wounded to holding midfielder Frenkie de Jong.

The Dutch international, who joined from Ajax for €75m (£64.3m) successful 2019, suffered a torn medial collateral ligament and is expected to beryllium retired for astir 4 months.

Can Barcelona spend to concern a woody for Rodri?

To successfully concern this monumental acquisition, Barcelona indispensable merchantability existing players to escaped up captious abstraction wrong their strict wage limit.

Nonetheless, returning to a redeveloped Camp Nou and the caller departure of Robert Lewandowski person importantly improved their wide fiscal position.

However, prising the influential midfielder distant from the Etihad Stadium volition necessitate a important monetary commitment.

Rodri has entered the last 12 months of his existent declaration and has reportedly shown small willingness to widen his enactment successful English football.

Having precocious captained his federation to World Cup glory successful North America, the Spanish maestro appears firmly destined for a lucrative instrumentality to La Liga.