Manchester City star Rodri responds to Real Madrid transfer links and hints at player strike

Rodri says helium intends to walk the adjacent 3 years astatine Manchester City and is ‘not reasoning astir different teams’ contempt being linked with a sensational determination to Real Madrid.

The 28-year-old has established himself arsenic 1 of the champion players successful the satellite during his five-year spell astatine the Etihad Stadium, helping Man City triumph 4 Premier League titles and the Champions League.

Rodri, who starred successful Spain’s European Championship triumph implicit the summer, is 1 of the astir influential players successful England and has doubly been nominated for the Ballon d’Or award.

Real Madrid are believed to beryllium funny successful bringing Rodri backmost to Spain pursuing his erstwhile spells astatine Atletico Madrid and Villarreal but the midfielder intends to spot retired his declaration astatine City.

Rodri signed a caller five-year declaration with the Premier League champions 2 years agone to support him astatine the Etihad until the summertime of 2027.

That has not stopped Real Madrid from exploring a imaginable woody but Rodri has dismissed speculation helium could permission Manchester City for the Bernabeu.

‘I person 3 much years astatine Man City and erstwhile I motion the declaration I don’t deliberation of different teams,’ Rodri said astatine a property league connected Tuesday.

‘So I person 3 much years astatine Man City, and thing much to say.’

Rodri has been named successful the Premier League Team of the Year for the past 2 seasons and volition anticipation to get his hands connected a 5th league trophy this term.

He is yet to commencement a crippled this play aft being fixed an extended interruption by City brag Pep Guardiola, but is acceptable for different gruelling run erstwhile volition spell connected until mid-July, erstwhile the expanded Club World Cup wraps up.

The expanded shot calendar has caused interest among players and coaches and Rodri believes subordinate payment issues could pb to onslaught action.

‘I deliberation we’re adjacent to that,’ said Rodri, who has played astatine slightest 50 games successful 4 of the past 5 seasons.

‘It’s the wide sentiment of the players, and if it keeps this way, we’ll person nary different option. I truly deliberation it’s thing that worries us. We are the guys who suffer.’

Asked astir the optimum fig of games players should beryllium expected to play crossed a azygous season, Rodri added: ‘From my acquisition I tin archer you that 60 oregon 70 – no.

‘Between 40 and 50 is the magnitude of games successful which a subordinate tin execute astatine the highest level. After that you driblet due to the fact that it is intolerable to prolong the carnal level. 

‘This twelvemonth we are possibly going to spell until 70 oregon possibly 80. In my humble opinion, I deliberation it is excessively much. 

‘Someone has to instrumentality attraction of america due to the fact that we are the main characters of this, let’s say, sport, oregon business, immoderate you privation to telephone it.

‘Not everything is astir wealth oregon marketing. It is astir the prime of show. In my opinion, erstwhile I americium not bushed I execute better. If radical privation to spot amended shot past we request to rest.’

Discussing the interruption helium enjoyed pursuing Euro 2024, Rodri said: ‘It was large for my legs and large for me.

‘I had 1 period off, and possibly a small spot other for maine to retrieve also. In wide presumption it was astir 2 months. It’s been large for maine to halt a small spot and to hole myself.

‘Nowadays, it is adjacent much important to bash these kinds of things, alternatively than coming successful aboriginal to bash a pre-season. I deliberation shot is changing successful that way.

‘It helps maine a batch to stop. I don’t ticker overmuch football. Of course, erstwhile [City] started pre-season I watched them but I tried to disconnect arsenic overmuch arsenic possible.

‘The intelligence wellness successful that consciousness was important – to escaped your caput and determination on.’

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