Rodrigo: the most expensive Spanish in the world challenges Madrid

This week the latest installment of the market value study of the prestigious International Football Observatory (CIES), with Mbappé at the top of the big five leagues. Its appraisal, 259.2 million euros, and its appeal to brands, clubs and fans overshadowed many details of the study, including the verification of the player that Rodrigo Hernández has become.

About to turn 24, on June 22, Rodrigo is, according to CIES, the 21st most expensive footballer of the European elite and the first Spanish. The estimate of its price is 101.5 million euros. That data accounts for his evolution, that of a midfielder with very specific characteristics that, however, do not detract from his versatility: he has managed to adapt with great ease in the style of Simeone, with which he finished in his first and only course at Atlético as the fourth in the squad in minutes, and Guardiola, who has only put more in this 2019-20 Sterling.

Objective: the Champions, against Madrid, in August

Guardiola has dared on time with him even as central, your solution to so many injuries back. But Rodrigo is, in essence, midfielder, and in that demarcation, returning to the analysis of the CIES, only De Jong (3rd), Mount (2nd) and Bruno Fernandes (1st) surpass him. In another specialized one, Transfermarkt, it is the most valuable in its demarcation, the 2nd of the generation of 1996, the 2nd of those born in Spain, 5th in the City, 14th in the Premier and 32nd in the world.

With the Premier around the corner, where little remains to be done because of Liverpool's superiority, Rodrigo looks to the return in Europe against Madrid, in August. In his first months in England, with four goals and one assist, he has lifted two titles, the Community Shield and the Carabao Cup. But now there is a thirst for Champions.