Manchester City held Rodri in their Champions League team for the knockout phase, but there is no room for £ 29.5 million arrival in January.
The side of Pep Guardiola has added their other three newcomers – Omar Marmoush, Adbukodir Khusanov and Nico Gonzalez – to the group before the Playoff round of next week against Real Madrid, but there is no room for the 19 -year -old Brazilian defender journey , he is just a ball for the city since his arrival from Palmeiras.
Travel, which is assigned the No.22 shirt per city, is seen as one for the future in the Etihad Stadium, with Guardiola and his coaches who are currently working on getting him at speed.
Egyptian forward Marmoush is added to the team after having two performances for the city so far, both the 3-1 victory over Chelsea and the 5-1 defeat against Arsenal.
Khusanov, who started a nightmare to start his debut against Chelsea, also joins the team, just like £ 50 million Deadline Day Arrival Gonzalez, who was regularly in Porto's Europa League side this season.
City has held Rodri in the team in the hope that the balloon d'Or winner will be fit to play a role in the last phases of the competition when they get there.
The influential midfielder suffered a front cruciate ligament injury in the 2-2 draw with Arsenal in September, with the first fears that he would be excluded for the rest of the season.
Rodri is back with the team and has followed the training in recent weeks, but last week Guardiola insisted on caution with his comeback. “He is positive, but I don't know I'm honest. An ACL is an ACL, “he said.
“Of course he would like to play tomorrow – I know. But the body is the body and recovery needs its own time. It is going really well and he feels really good, but we will see step by step. “
Man City Squad in Full: Ederson, Ortega, Carson, Lewis*, Alleyne*, Khusanov, Akanji, Dias, Stones, Ake, Gvardiol, Rodri, Kovacic, Gonzalez, Gundogan, Silva, Foden, De Bruyne, O'reille* Mcatee, Nunes, Grealish, Doku, Savinho, Marmoush, Bobb*, Haaland
*Bobb, Alleyne, Lewis and O'Reilly mentioned as players under 21 B list