• Rodrygo reveals he turned down Barcelona earlier than becoming a member of Actual Madrid.

Rodrygo has mentioned the specifics of his switch to Actual Madrid and acknowledged that he handed up the possibility to signal with Barcelona in favour of a transfer to the Santiago Bernabeu.

The Brazilian worldwide joined Carlo Ancelotti’s crew in 2019 after being signed by Madrid for £38.5 million (€45 million).

With Los Blancos, Rodrygo has received two La Liga victories one FIFA Membership World Cup, and one UEFA Champions League.

Within the 12 months he received the latter, he made historical past by scoring twice within the ninetieth and 91st minutes of a Champions League semifinal match in opposition to Man Metropolis.

Rodrygo has equally had a powerful begin to this season, scoring in Madrid’s opening La Liga match of the 2023–24 season.

In an interview with Globo, Rodrygo spoke about how he first joined the crew, sharing that he initially obtained a proposal from Actual Madrid’s bitter rivals Barcelona however determined to attend.

“Virtually every little thing was completed with Barcelona, solely signing was lacking. I requested my dad: ‘Is there nothing from Actual Madrid?’ There was nothing. I requested him to attend till the top of the week as a result of I had a sport. I mentioned ‘I’m going to interrupt it and Actual Madrid will see me,” he mentioned.

“I went to the sport with Vitoria, I scored three targets, I gave an help, we received 5-2, and throughout the sport Actual Madrid known as my father and he didn’t even must make the proposal. 

“They simply requested if I wished to go, and my dad already knew my reply. The subsequent day I used to be off, enjoying video video games, I used to be with my mom and my father left within the morning with out saying something. On the finish of the afternoon he arrived in Santos, went into the home, handed me and my mom on the desk with out talking to anybody. He went straight to my room and had a Actual Madrid and Barcelona shirt on. As every little thing was proper, he had already traveled to go to Barcelona’s amenities and introduced it, from Actual I already had it.

“He took each shirts, threw them on prime of me and mentioned, ‘now, you select.’ I didn’t perceive, however I didn’t even give it some thought, it was Actual Madrid.”

Rodrygo isn’t the primary Actual Madrid participant nonetheless underneath contract who turned down a transfer to Barcelona; teenager Arda Guler did the identical this summer time after receiving bids of roughly £17 million from each groups.