In September Manchester City and Spain were destroyed by the news that Rodri Hernandez had torn his front cruciate ligament. The Ballon d'Or winner from 2024 was operated on shortly after the injury in a Premier League match against Arsenal, and it was expected that he would not play further in the 2024-25 season.
However, that may no longer be the case. As reported by MD, Rodri progresses better than expected of his injury, and that is why there is a lot of optimism at the ruling Premier League champions that he will be able to return to action before the end of the season.
Not only that, Man City is also considering keeping Rodri in the team for the Knockout stages of the Champions League, who can start for Pep Guardiola with a play-off tie against Real Madrid.
Man City missed Rodri enormously in the months since his injury, and despite the fact that they spent large during the winter transfer window on people like Omar Marmoush, Abdukodir Khusanov and Vorror Reis, they have surprisingly chosen not to sign a new midfielder, although The reason for the reason for this seems to be that there is trust that the 28-year-old will be back soon.
On the other hand, Spain dealt with the absence of Rodri relatively well, although it was lucky to have one of the best defensive midfielders in the world, who was Martin Zubimendi, as his ready-made replacement. Nevertheless, there will be a great desire of La Roja head coach Luis de la Fuente to get the 28-year-old back, which he could be for the UEFA Nations League Finals 2024-25.
It will be difficult for Rodri to play back this season, but it is clear that he is desperate to realize this. Man City will hope this happens, and also Spain.
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