The ONE thing that Rodri OWES Manchester City: Barcelona need to find the cash for City midfielder
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What is the current status of Rodri’s transfer fee and his potential departure?
The only thing he owes Manchester City is the transfer fee of over sixty million. If he can bring that in Everyone shakes hands and everyone's but that that is what Rodrigo's city. If if he wants to leave, which is absolutely fair enough, all he needs to do is bring in that fee. And Enzo Moresca kind of said um Well, you know, we thought we'd discuss all the uh players when we get back from preseason and it alone might be the right option. However, don't you worry about kids getting chances in my teams because I had like the record number at Leicester and the record number at Chelsea. And you sort of think, wow, okay, right. Um You there's probably gonna be a fair few kids that are staying then. I think it's gonna be a fun season.
I think City gonna be fun to watch.
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Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Talk in City podcast with myself Alex James and Chief City Writer. Simon Bukowski from is that gate two six seven over your shoulder there, Cy? In the airport?
It's his, is it they could have made it one one five, couldn't they?
That would have been good. That would have been good. Gate two six seven suggests you've added war. A staggeringly long way to reach it, but Maybe it's not quite
Uh It's not quite like that. I did have a staggeringly long walk to get to the airport, which was my own silly fault, but um Yeah. Where have we been, Talking City podcasts? We've missed everything. Been uh been too long.
Well, we've been hampered by a time difference, a holiday, and also I think the frantic nature of the last Ten days or so where There has been so much stuff going on. There has been so much to read about, to write about, to watch as well on the channel. Um, loads of really, really good interviews go on site.
Yes, that is true. Cause I was gonna say it's a good job. Um, all of our listeners and viewers read the M E N and are all signed up to premium. So I've been reading all the Uh I I will they are brilliant interviews, not because of my writing of them, but because it's been genuinely great to speak to so many uh players over the last two weeks who've had so many good things to say and so many interesting things to say. However, I had forgotten that um I did film quite a lot of the interviews and they've all gone up. And I think I am told we have hit um 10,000 subscribers on YouTube. um as a result of said interviews. So people must have liked the interviews, which is which is nice. Always nice to see. I've had lots of lovely comments while I've been out here.
Um about yeah articles and uh the videos and the podcasts and everything. And it's nice 'cause we always like to think that we're um doing interesting things and it's uh nice that people seem to be agreeing and agreeing enough to mention it.
Yes, exactly. Like anything, it's easy to um I suppose if you were going to a hotel, very rarely would you say, Oh, that hotel was a fantastic experience. What a occasion it was. Um, so it is nice to have some positive feedback, especially when you've been traipsing around. And I know uh You know, it's a privilege to follow City in these kinds of places and see the um preseason games in person, but they are long days. They are not helped by the time difference back here to base and You have mentioned on a couple of occasions that it has been hot.
Yes. Um Yeah, well I mean also, you know, we're eight hours ahead in Seoul, so I sort of like uh do a whole working day and then you roll out of bed for twelve or something and say, Right, what have you got for me? What's coming? What's still to come? You know, bath load of bidding for Rodri at ten o'clock at night.
How did the pre‑season tour in Asia affect Manchester City’s squad planning?
What's going on? Um Yes, and honestly, the heat in Seoul has been
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the current status of Rodri’s transfer fee and his potential departure?
0:00–4:38
2
How did the pre‑season tour in Asia affect Manchester City’s squad planning?
4:38–9:07
3
Why are the young academy players getting more chances under Enzo Maresca?
9:07–13:53
4
What impact have the new wingers (Semenyo, Doku, etc.) had on City’s pre‑season games?
13:53–18:53
5
Is Savinio likely to leave for Tottenham and how would that affect City’s transfer strategy?
18:53–23:52
6
What are the realistic scenarios for Rodri’s future – stay, sell, or move to Barcelona?
23:52–26:24
Speakers
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