Spanish journalist Jose Miguel Villarroya says Real Madrid would make a mistake signing Rodri and should target Lille's Ayyoub Bouaddi instead. The 18-year-old is valued at €90M.
Real Madrid have made four signings in the summer transfer window, but could have made more interesting moves to improve the team. However, it is not that simple because they do not have unlimited resources, nor have they, for the moment, been able to offload players who are not in the plans for next season.
Even so, there are players like Ayyoub Bouaddi who are no longer even considered due to their price. Spanish journalist Jose Miguel Villarroya believes that Real Madrid would be making a mistake by signing Rodri.
"I would sign Bouaddi, but he is not available. Let's not beat around the bush. I would not sign Rodri, and Bernardo Silva is not there to play in that position; Bouaddi would be a great reinforcement, but there is no money, because Lille is asking for 90 million euros. We have to see if there is a PSG-Manchester City war. If that were the case, it would not stay at 90 million euros, and the price would go up," Villarroya said on journalist Siro Lopez's YouTube channel.
Seeing the World Cup he had and the reaction from the majority of Madridistas, the club is seriously considering signing Rodri Hernandez. The player is doing everything possible to join the Merengue project and feels very good about contributing to the team.
He looked good at the World Cup, and proof of that is that he took home the Best Player trophy. This has also helped Florentino Perez become more convinced of the operation.
This is something Los Blancos should be very clear about, because it is necessary to improve play creation and have a great brain in midfield to organize the team in both attack and defense. And that role can be assumed by Rodri, as he has done so with Manchester City and the Spanish national team, achieving great success. That is why he is the perfect piece for this Real Madrid.
It is something that has been very difficult to see within the White Club, but it seems they are finally going to go through with his signing. Now the question is how long it will take them to close the operation. It seems that Manchester City will not stand in the player's way, because the player is very eager to leave and has already given everything as a player.
That said, Real Madrid could also benefit from signing a young elite player, such as Bouaddi. A clear example of this type of signing is Joao Neves at PSG.
