Real Madrid star Rodrygo Goes may play his last game for the club on Saturday, and certainly his last in the Santiago Bernabeu. The World Cup Club is approaching quickly, but the Brazilian is not a central part of the plans of Los Blancos, who have made the decision to base their side on Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo.
Rodrygo was withdrawn from the Copa del Rey final during the break and has not been seen in a real Madrid shirt since then. Carlo Ancelotti has claimed by injury and illness, but it has been talked to that it is more when Rodrygo's head is in the wrong place to compete. In anticipation of a discussion with Xabi Alonso, Rodrygo is expected to leave.
There is certainly no shortage of talking about his future, and Cadena Ser says that two Premier League clubs were contacted on Wednesday by the agents of Rodrygo. They explicitly note that they were Rodrygo's agents who hired him and that they had left the impression that he would cost around € 80 million. They say that Rodrygo likes to stay, but that he will listen to proposals.
While in the past Manchester City has always been cited as the most interested Premier League side, it is Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool that are most connected to him in the past month, albeit with a price tag of € 100 million. The Gunners are said to be seriously considering a movement for Rodrygo.
The conversation is that the new Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso will try to impose a 4-4-2 formation or a 3-5-2 setup that has brought him every success at Bayer Leverkusen. With Vinicius and Mbappe very much the two, Rodrygo does not seem to have a natural fit in one of those line-ups, as evidenced by the use of Carlo Ancelotti of him on the right side of a midfield four.