Man City have made a surprise offer to Real Madrid for Rodrygo as the La Liga side line up a bid for Rodri, according to reports.
The Citizens won their fourth consecutive Premier League title last season as Pep Guardiola cemented his place as one of the best managers in English top-flight history.
Since then, there have been rumours about Guardiola s future, while there is still uncertainty in the air over their 115 charges for alleged breaches of the Premier League s financial fair play rules.
Julian Alvarez, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Sergio Romez and Tommy Doyle have all left permanently, while Yan Couto and Kalvin Phillips have departed on loan.
Savinho has arrived as their only signing from Troyes, while widespread reports indicate that .
are looking for a replacement for Alvarez and now reports in Spain claim that the Citizens have made a surprise offer for Real Madrid forward Rodrygo.
The report adds that not everyone is happy at the arrival of Kylian Mbappe at the Bernabeu with Rodrygo going through a difficult time .
The young Brazilian feels that he is not being valued as he should be, and this discontent has begun to affect his relationship with the team .
Rodrygo feels that he is being displaced and underestimated and the unrest has not gone unnoticed in the transfer market with Man City closely monitoring with Guardiola seeing a perfect opportunity to strengthen his squad .
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Man City would be willing to make Rodrygo one of the highest-paid footballers in the world as they look to get a deal over the line.
Real Madrid, for their part, are interested in Rodri with president Florentino Perez already working on the new galactico for next summer.
Perez feels that the Spain international is the missing link in a team that, despite its strength, needs an anchor in midfield with Real Madrid seeing him as a similar signing to Toni Kroos in his day .
The report adds:
Signing Rodri would be, as well as a sporting coup, a response to that criticism, giving the white fans back the illusion of seeing a Spanish player leading the Madrid midfield.
Real Madrid s plan is clear with Perez looking to pay €100 million (£85m) for Rodri next summer, with the 2025/26 season in mind and the Man City midfielder could be open to a return to Spain .
Guardiola s contract expires at the end of the season with the Catalan linked to the England job but Joleon Lescott is confident Man City will be prepared for his possible departure.
Lescott said: We can t say for certain if Pep Guardiola will move on at the end of the season, though it does look more likely than not that he will.
Given the things he s achieved at the club it s pretty natural there is going to be a drop-off but I think the thing that is most worrying is how similar changes have affected the other big clubs.
You just have to look at what happened to Manchester United when Sir Alex Ferguson left or to Arsenal when Arsene Wenger moved on to see how hard it can be to keep things like they were before.
