Man City reject fresh Rodri bid - Friday's gossip
Retold by Oddsrama · 13 August 2026
Manchester City are holding firm on their valuation of Rodri, rebuffing Barcelona's latest attempt to prise the Spanish midfielder away from the Etihad. The Catalan club tabled a £55m offer, but City have made it clear they want at least £60m for the 30-year-old playmaker. Negotiations between the two sides continue, but it's shaping up to be a battle of wills over price rather than a question of whether a deal will happen. For punters tracking City's title odds, losing Rodri would be a significant shift in their midfield balance and potentially their attacking threat next season.
Meanwhile, the summer exodus from Manchester City continues on the other side of the ledger. Tijjani Reijnders, the Dutch midfielder, has agreed to quit the club for a £52m move to Saudi Arabian side Al-Qadsiah. The 28-year-old's departure opens up more space in City's squad as they reshape their ranks. Elsewhere in the gossip columns, Tottenham's Djed Spence is on the verge of joining Inter Milan, with the English defender set for a medical in Italy on Friday ahead of a move worth around £25.6m plus add-ons. West Ham are confident of landing Celtic's Arne Engels, while Arsenal made a failed play for Atlético Madrid's Marc Pubill, only to be told the young Spaniard is not available.
Down the divisions and across Europe, the smaller clubs are busy too. Hull City are close to signing French midfielder Lucas Gourna-Douath from Red Bull Salzburg and have tabled a substantial offer north of £15m for Everton's Tim Iroegbunam. Ipswich Town are pushing hard to land Derry Scherhant from Freiburg but have seen their £17m bid for Bayer Leverkusen's Exequiel Palacios rejected. At Milan, Ruben Amorim has deemed eight players surplus to requirements, including England defender Fikayo Tomori and French forward Christopher Nkunku—a signal that a clearout is underway in Italy.
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