The signing that Barça could 'steal' from Madrid thanks to Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola is just another Barça fan. FC Barcelona's most successful coach could help the Blaugrana secure one of their best prospects for the next summer transfer market. We are talking about Rodri, who is one of the best midfielders in the world, so he has been on Real Madrid's radar for a long time.

At 28 years old, the player has won almost everything. In 2023 he won the treble with Manchester City and this summer he was crowned champion of Euro 2024. In his six seasons with the Premier League team, he has become one of Guardiola's essential players and the English want to extend his contract so as not to lose him to the Spanish. His quality is such that he is among the nominees for this year's edition of the Ballon d'Or and it is expected that, at least, he will be part of the top 5.

Madrid and Barcelona want Rodri

Based on this, it is not surprising that the best teams in Spain are after him. Essential for Manchester and La Roja, it is understandable that England are afraid to let him go, despite the fact that he has a contract until 2027. At the moment, the Spaniard is not ruling anything out, so this would give hope to several teams to ask about him.

One of the most interested is Madrid, because Florentino Pérez is said to be regretting not having signed a replacement for Toni Kroos, who hung up his boots this summer. The midfield crisis he is experiencing has not helped. Camavinga and Tchouaméni are injured, while Luka Modric is not fit to play the 90 minutes, which would leave Federico Valverde practically alone in the centre of the field.

Guardiola advises him to sign for Barcelona

For this reason, the Merengue board is already preparing a plan to try to convince Rodri to leave Manchester in 2025. But Barcelona would also be doing the same so an extremely interesting battle could come between both clubs, if teams like PSG do not intervene in the way.

However, Guardiola, who has no intention of letting one of his best players go, has advised him to stay at City, where he is a legend. Let us remember that Rodri was the one who scored the only goal in the final against Inter Milan that gave the Manchester team the only Champions League in its history.

But, as he knows that he cannot force him to do something he does not want, he has recommended him to go to Barça where he believes he would fit in much better thanks to his qualities. Without a doubt, the Catalan coach continues to be one more winger of the culé team. Will the Spaniard arrive in Barcelona? We will know next summer.