Overview
- Barcelona has submitted a verbal proposal of €60 million guaranteed plus performance add-ons for Rodri, and the club remains confident it can close the move.
- Manchester City are standing firm on an €80 million valuation for the Spain captain, making a compromise dependent on payment structure or extra bonuses.
- Rodri has agreed personal terms and prefers the move to Barcelona, and his contract runs until June 2027 so this is City’s main window to sell him for a fee.
- City have opened contact over Chelsea’s Enzo Fernández as a possible replacement but Chelsea want about £120 million, which City view as too high and complicates a direct swap.
- Manchester City have already signed Elliot Anderson and are pursuing other midfield targets as contingency, and Barcelona need to complete departures such as Ferran Torres to free funds for the deal.