Real Madrid forward Rodrygo has distanced himself from speculation that he could leave the club amid rumoured interest from several Premier League clubs.
Rodrygo has been connected with a departure from Madrid despite the fact that he had his greatest La Liga goalscoring season to date (ten) in 2023/24 and that he played a significant role in Madrid’s success in previous years. Furthermore, the arrival of Kylian Mbappe in the summer, which was widely anticipated, and the pre-arranged agreement for Brazilian prodigy Endrick have both contributed to the connection.
According to a story that was published in Spain a month ago, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, and Manchester City are all said to be interested in Rodrygo. Additionally, Paris Saint-Germain has been connected with the 23-year-old player.
Despite this, Rodrygo is not even close to being ready to call it quits on his tenure at the Bernabeu.
He told beIN SPORTS, “I love this club so much,” and he was right.
“I pray that my future is always right here.” To me, [Carlo Ancelotti] is very much like a parent.
Rodrygo was only 17 when Madrid agreed a transfer with Santos in 2018. It followed on from the club’s similar capture of Vinicius Junior from Flamengo a year earlier, which saw the players signed as minors for big money and eventually make the international move to Spain upon turning 18.
Rodrygo was understandably a fringe player when he first arrived but enjoyed something of a breakout campaign in 2021/22 when he played 49 times in all competitions and scored crucial goals in Champions League knockout ties against Chelsea and Manchester City.
His on-field relationship with Vinicius has grown and grown, with the pair favoured as a pair of strikers throughout this season due to Ancelotti reshaping his team to include summer signing Jude Bellingham as a goalscoring attacking midfielder in the mould of Kaka.
Rodrygo was handed Madrid’s number 11 shirt last summer after it was vacated by Marco Asensio. With Vinicius wearing 7, Mbappe is likely to get the 10 shirt if Luka Modric departs as is increasingly rumoured.
