Manchester City will have many changes in their squad this summer. Pep Guardiola has approved the departures of Jack Grealish to Everton, Savinho to Tottenham and James McAtee to Nottingham Forest, after the first season without titles for the 'sky blue' team in the last eight years.
In that sense, Rodrygo Goes could be the new target of the Manchester team. The journalist Fabrizio Romano assures that Manchester City has initiated contacts to understand the situation of the Brazilian and his agent, Vítor Hugo Tavares, understanding that the 24-year-old player is on Real Madrid's transfer list.
His last year was inconsistent. Rodrygo played 52 games, mostly coming off the bench, scoring 14 goals and providing 9 assists. In the last few matches he was practically not taken into account by Carlo Ancelotti and, with Xabi Alonso, he only played two of the five possible matches in the Club World Cup.
Real Madrid will not lower Rodrygo's price: How much are the Whites asking for?
One of the dilemmas that European clubs have presented when asking about Rodrygo Goes is his price. Tottenham was one of the teams that showed interest, but the asking price set by Real Madrid, 100 million euros, does not fit the budget of the 'Spurs'.
Although the player from Osasco trains every day to earn a place in the 'merengue' team, he does not seem to have a place in Xabi Alonso's plans. Even the coach from Donostia preferred to line up Fede Valverde as a right winger rather than Rodrygo during the World Cup.
On the other hand, the white club sees the interest of Manchester City as a valuable opportunity to bring money into its coffers. Not only is the citizen team interested in signing the Brazilian, but Liverpool and Arsenal have also appeared in the race. But the one who is most likely to sign him and is willing to pay what Real Madrid demands, for now, is Pep's team.
Rodrygo Goes, an admirer of Pep Guardiola
Rodrygo Goes has faced Manchester City in different editions of the Champions League and, on several occasions, has praised their coach. "Guardiola is a great coach in the history of football. It is always very difficult to play against his teams," said the Brazilian about the Catalan coach.
The '11' of Madrid was the hero of the incredible 'semis' tie in 21/22, scoring a double against the 'sky blues' in the final minutes of the second leg to force extra time. In total, he has scored 4 goals in 9 games against the celestial team.
Will Rodrygo be a new 'cityzen' from this summer? There are still almost three weeks of the market left and anything can happen. What is certain is that the Manchester team will go for more reinforcements, as Liverpool does not stop spending this summer and is emerging as a big favorite to revalidate the Premier League title.