{"id":461731,"date":"2019-07-03T11:04:03","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T15:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=461731"},"modified":"2019-07-03T11:22:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T15:22:22","slug":"manchester-city-rodri-hernandez-atletico-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/07\/03\/manchester-city-rodri-hernandez-atletico-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City Sign Rodri Hernandez From Atletico Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/manchester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City<\/a> have completed the long rumoured signing of midfielder Rodri Hernandez from Atletico Madrid. The Spanish midfielder had only moved to Atletico last season after breaking through with Villareal. However, Manchester City have pounced on his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1140924539372810240\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u20ac70 million release clause<\/a> to make him the heir to <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/\/?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fernandinho<\/a> in Manchester.<\/p>\n<h1>Manchester City Sign Rodri Hernandez<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">El Manchester City deposita en LaLiga el importe de la cl\u00e1usula de rescisi\u00f3n de Rodrigo, que extingue de forma unilateral su contrato con nuestro club.<br \/>\n? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/46z2WvVQx1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/46z2WvVQx1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid (@Atleti) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Atleti\/status\/1146431011888259072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3 July 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Career So Far<\/h2>\n<p>Rodri has spent his entire career living up to the title of the &#8216;new <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/5ab0ea87\/Sergio-Busquets?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sergio Busquets<\/a>.&#8217;\u00a0 However, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MC_of_A\/status\/1140948607144747009\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">judging by his statistics<\/a>, Rodri is nothing close to Busquets.\u00a0 At Atletico, he was asked to play a role that wasn&#8217;t best for him.\u00a0 Diego Simeone&#8217;s aggressive, defensive style did more to harm his young midfielder than enhance his quality.<\/p>\n<p>In moving to Manchester, Rodri will enter a system tailored to his skillset.\u00a0 This situation could work out a lot like when Pep Guardiola brought <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/dc001a06\/Xabi-Alonso?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xabi Alonso<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/bayern-munich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bayern Munich.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alonso was a more traditional defensive midfielder, very good at reading and breaking up defensively, with that little bit of Spanish touch. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was always underrated as a passer, which is easy considering his midfield generation.\u00a0 Pep Guardiola thought <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/dc001a06\/Xabi-Alonso?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xabi Alonso<\/a> would be the perfect man to help introduce his system to Bayern Munich, and Alonso was excellent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is the type of player Rodri is and will continue to be. \u00a0He has the same variety of passes that Xabi Alonso possessed, but at a much younger age. \u00a0Rodri has about the same level of athleticism that Alonso had when he made his move to the Premier League. He is no <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/\/?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fernandinho<\/a>, but much like Alonso, he has enough athleticism to allow his reading of the game to make up for it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Manchester City fans shouldn&#8217;t expect that Rodri comes in and is straight away starting in midfield.\u00a0 Having Fernandinho and Ilkay Gundogan still on the roster could aid Rodri&#8217;s adjustment.\u00a0 However, it is clear that his future is at the heart of Manchester City&#8217;s midfield.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"be4WntmpSNZLiAa_whGDrg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1127188104\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'be4WntmpSNZLiAa_whGDrg',sig:'CY8PBHisHlj3jmfvxijFBdwiIEC4uAGQd6rALvPnMao=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1127188104',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City have completed the long rumoured signing of midfielder Rodri Hernandez from Atletico Madrid. The Spanish midfielder had only moved to Atletico last season after breaking through with Villareal. However, Manchester City have pounced on his\u00a0\u20ac70 million release clause to make him the heir to Fernandinho in Manchester. 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