Real Madrid -look for major changes this summer, with Carlo Ancelotti expected to leave and Xabi Alonso to start his era in the club. However, it will not only be in the dugout that Los Blancos will make some important decisions.
Liverpool right back Trent Alexander-Arnold seems to be on his way to the Santiago Bernabeu, while Los Blancos wants to strengthen in midfield and in the central defense, either this summer or next. Luka Modric and Lucas Vazquez have been cited as potential victims.
Last week it turned out that Rodrygo is considering leaving Real Madrid this summer, and now Diario as a report that Los Blancos would be open to leave him out. If, as indeed reported, Arda Guler replaces him this weekend in the starting line-up against Barcelona, Rodrygo will consider it a different sign that points him to the output door.
The Brazilian, who is under contract until 2028 and is valued at € 100 million by transfer market, will not be forced if he does not want to leave. Yet Real Madrid sees him as an easy sale with great interest in him and a way to finance other movements.
Over the years, Rodrygo has long been admired by Pep Guardiola in Manchester City, where the English side approaches him last summer after a move. In the meantime, Liverpool are also linked to Rodrygo, while they are watching this summer for Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez. Both are recently linked to Rodrygo.
Alonso is probably the decisive factor in the future of Rodrygo. If the Basque manager wants to keep Rodrygo, Real Madrid will not stand in the way, and Rodrygo will also need guarantees on Alonso's plans for the future to stay. It is a dramatically different scenario for this time last year, where Real Madrid was adamant that they would not sell Rodrygo.