Alan Shearer's transfer comments speak volumes after Man City make Rodri statement

Manchester City are acceptable to suffer midfield anchor Rodri for the remainder of the play aft helium suffered a genu wounded successful the 2-2 gully with Arsenal astatine the weekend

Alan Shearer believes Manchester City whitethorn beryllium forced into the transportation marketplace if it is confirmed that they volition lose midfield lynchpin Rodri for the remainder of the season.

The reigning Premier League champions person confirmed that the genu wounded sustained by the Spaniard successful Sunday’s 2-2 thriller with Arsenal is superior - but the nine are yet to corroborate whether the 28-year-old volition request country amid claims helium has torn his cruciate ligament.

Newcastle and Blackburn fable Shearer knows precisely what Rodri volition beryllium going done - aft tearing his ACL doubly during his ain playing vocation - but helium reckons the stroke could punctual City brag Pep Guardiola to fortify his squad successful January if it helps him onshore a 5th consecutive title.

Shearer said: “There's nary uncertainty that a imaginable play ending wounded to Rodri volition person an interaction connected Man City’s rubric hopes. He's 1 of their champion players, he's been the brag successful that presumption for a portion present and we each cognize however important helium is. It's 1 happening knowing you're not having him for 2 oregon 3 games, similar they had astatine the opening of the season, but it's different happening knowing that he's astir apt not going to travel backmost this season.

“That's a large stroke and I don't attraction who you are and what resources you've got - and Man City person a batch - erstwhile you suffer a subordinate of that calibre and quality, for that magnitude of time, there's nary uncertainty it'll wounded them.

“Rodri has been the champion successful that presumption and we cognize what helium does and however overmuch helium stops the opposition. Not lone that, but it’s besides what helium gives to them arsenic a leader.

“There's nary uncertainty that Man City person immoderate bully players to travel successful - and possibly they'll dip into the transportation marketplace successful January if they can. But successful presumption of an impact, this does person one. It has an interaction for Man City - and it besides has 1 for the remainder of the league who are chasing, peculiarly the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool oregon whoever that whitethorn be.

“If you mislaid idiosyncratic who was a squad subordinate oregon idiosyncratic you could replace, it's inactive a large blow, but not truthful overmuch erstwhile you've got idiosyncratic of adjacent quality to travel in.

“Man City don't person that due to the fact that Rodri is the champion astatine what helium does successful world football, truthful that'll springiness different clubs the accidental to spell and marque the astir of idiosyncratic else's misfortune.”

Shearer is present a highly-respected pundit pursuing a glittering playing vocation that saw him go the Premier League’s grounds goalscorer.

He knows from his ain acquisition that carnal and intelligence barriers that Rodri volition present person to interruption done if the archetypal fears astir the wounded are confirmed erstwhile helium is examined by renowned sports wounded specializer Dr Ramon Cugat successful Barcelona.

Shearer told Betfair: “I’ve been determination myself successful presumption of an ACL wounded and I was retired for six oregon 7 months truthful I cognize precisely however Rodri volition consciousness and however the shot nine volition feel. It's a agelong roadworthy back.

"It's horrible, it truly is. It's devastating due to the fact that what you emotion doing astir is going into training, having the craic with the lads, past evidently playing football, and that's been taken distant from you for nevertheless long. Whether it's 5 months, six months, 7 months oregon immoderate it whitethorn be, it's a agelong roadworthy back.

“You've got the operation, if Rodri is going to person that, past you're successful a remainder play and past you're successful rehab period. It's a agelong roadworthy backmost and you person to beryllium truly beardown mentally to get implicit it.”

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