No player is bigger than Manchester City, as Pep Guardiola spelled out yesterday.
No player is bigger than Manchester City, as Pep Guardiola spelled out yesterday. Given that Rodri expressed his wish to one day return to Spain to play in La Liga over the international break, it was no surprise to see Pep Guardiola asked about Rodri’s future yesterday. The Manchester City manager reiterated that City want to keep Rodri at the club.
But as Pep Guardiola explained that City wanted to keep Rodri, another aspect of Pep Guardiola’s answer to the question about Rodri stood out. No matter how important a player is to Manchester City, if they aren’t happy at the club, City won’t prevent their exit. No one is bigger than the club, and that has always been the case at City, barring one notable exception.
If Rodri wants to leave Manchester City the club won’t stand in his way. Inevitably, given Rodri’s comments over the international break, Pep Guardiola was asked about the potential situation surrounding Rodri’s future. The Manchester City explained that City were determined not to lose Rodri.
However, if he wanted to leave the club, they wouldn’t stand in his way. Guardiola explained: “ Always my wish is that Rodri could stay as long as possible in this club and because he’s an incredible, top player, but the life of everyone is everyone’s. ” “ The organisation of the club is above all of us.
If one player is not happy they have to leave. Continue the same always if they are happy, and I think he is happy. ” “ If he is not happy just knock on the door of the sporting director, accept an offer according to his incredible quality and after that he doesn’t belong to the club — only himself .