When Rodrygo leaves Real Madrid and comes to England in the coming weeks, it can be good for him, good for the Brazilian national team … and good for the Premier League.
Tottenham and Liverpool both keep an eye on the star, which is supplied with a price tag of approximately £ 80 million.
Man City and Arsenal both also follow the situation carefully.
When Rodrygo comes in a row for a Premier League club next season, this marks a major first for the match in this country.
It is doubtful that English football has never been able to lure a real, absolute top drawer Brazilian superstar.
The new signing of Chelsea Estevao Willian has the potential to become the one – at the age of 24, Rodrygo is much more reality than potential.
But for all his triumphs he could be more.
But maybe he paid the price to take the road to Real Madrid – irresistible, just like Barcelona, for every Brazilian talent, but always with a possible pitfall.
To fit so many stars in the side, someone has to sacrifice.
Last season was not happy in the Bernabeu for Rodrygo – and it could have enough to do with the arrival of Kylian Mbappe.
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Real Karin Benzema had previously lost and then coach Carlo Ancelotti had found a way to operate without a fixed center Vooruit.
Vinicius Junior would cut in from the left wing to attack the empty space, and Rodrygo would hang around and work out where he could cause the most damage. Mbappe destroyed the balance.
Jude Bellingham said last season that he thought Rodrygo was the most gifted, talented player throughout the Real Madrid team – and that he was also the one who sacrificed himself the most for the side.
Sometimes versatility can be a curse. In the case of Vinicius it is very clear what he is doing – he is a winger with a remarkable extra equipment that can play outside to break into the penalty box.
Defining Rodrygo is more difficult.
He is such a complete talent, able to work everywhere in the attacking line, that it is more difficult to categorize – and so it might be easier to try to bend him in every form that best fits the needs of the team.
Coach's change does not seem to have improved things for the young Brazilian.
Under the new boss Xabi Alonso he was not much during the club World Cup and The only time he started, he was used as a hug-the-touchline right wing, which seems a very limiting role for a player of his intelligence and ability.
The time may have come that he would look for a club where he can be more important in the pecking order, where he has more control in sorting out his position, where he can really define himself as a player.
Tite, the coach who brought Brazil to the last two world cups, was delighted to have Rodrygo on board.
Before the rise of Vini Junior, Tite even flirted with the idea of making Rodrygo first in his attacking plans.
He beamed over Rodrygo and described him as 'a football player'.
It seems in everyone's interest to give him the freedom to determine exactly what kind of football player he wants to be.
And if that can happen in the Premier League, English fans have a lot to enjoy.