Barcelona have entered the race for Manchester City's Rodri, making contact with both the club and the player's representatives, according to ESPN and Fabrizio Romano. Rodri is reported to have given Barcelona the green light to begin talks as they try to get ahead of Real Madrid, who have been in discussions with his camp since last month but have reportedly stalled in recent days.
A fee in the region of €60 million is being discussed, with Rodri set to sign a four-year contract worth around €30 million gross per season if the move goes through. Both Spanish clubs are said to be prepared to offer similar fees, meaning the choice of destination is really down to Rodri himself. Nothing here is confirmed or close to official yet, despite some of the noise online suggesting otherwise; Romano's own reporting frames this as a genuine two-horse race still to be decided.