Man City star Rodri opens door to astonishing Real Madrid transfer just weeks after club’s Ballon d’Or snub

MANCHESTER CITY prima Rodri has opened the doorway to a imaginable determination to Real Madrid.

It comes conscionable weeks aft the midfielder won the Ballon d'Or, starring Real Madrid to boycott the event.

Los Blancos Vinicius Jr was tipped to triumph the grant and snub led Real president Florentino Perez to crook down the invite.

But Rodri inactive admires the nine and said it would beryllium hard to disregard the Spanish giants if they came knocking.

He told Spanish podcast El Larguero: “When Real Madrid telephone you, the champion nine successful history and the astir successful… it makes you arrogant and you ever person to listen.

“It’s obvious. You ever person to wage attention.”

Rodri, 28, besides has nary qualms astir joining Real contempt his affiliation to fierce rivals Atletico Madrid, having travel done the club's younker system.

He precocious stated helium was not bothered astir Real Madrid's claim that Vinicius deserved to triumph the Ballon d'Or.

Rodri said: “All the Spanish clubs would person to congratulate maine and they haven’t.

“I attraction astir my household and my club. They indispensable person their reasons; I wouldn’t person done it that mode and there’s nary constituent successful going implicit it.

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“The mistake is giving truthful overmuch attraction to a nine that hasn’t decided to participate.”

Rodri is besides hopeful helium volition beryllium back from his ACL injury earlier the extremity of the season.

He said: “The seasons are getting longer and this 1 has the Club World Cup.

“It is bully to person a situation and I person it successful my caput to instrumentality this play — we’ll spot when.”