Manchester City have rejected Barcelona's latest £55m bid for Rodri, with the price gap still defining the chase. Sky Sports News said the club turned down an initial offer in the region of £40m last week, then rejected the new bid on Wednesday. City are seeking upwards of £60m for the 30-year-old midfielder.
City's valuation of Rodri
The numbers from different reports are not lining up neatly, but they all point in the same direction. Sky Sports said City expected something in the £50m-£60m range, while Mundo Deportivo reported a fixed fee of around €70-80 million. That puts Barcelona a fair way off the figure City want, even after the latest rejection.
City are in no rush to sell, and they do not look like a club forced into a discount move. They made £95.2m from player sales in the last accounting period, the third-highest figure in the club's history, and they have already banked more than £80million from sales this summer. That kind of income gives them room to wait.
Barcelona's pursuit and City's leverage
The interest in Rodri sits alongside Arsenal's move for Tijjani Reijnders, while Al Qadsia and Liverpool also feature in City-linked market movement this summer. In this case, though, the stance is straightforward: Barcelona want Rodri, City want more money, and the bidding has not got close enough yet.
The deal stays open because City have not been asked to compromise, and nothing in the reporting suggests they plan to. Barcelona's £55m bid was turned down on Wednesday, and the club's next move will have to sit much nearer City's valuation if they want to keep the talks alive.
Written by Jack Mercer with AI-assisted research, cross-checked against 3 outlets. How we work →
