Rodrigo Hernandez - Atletico confirm deal - p192

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Looks pretty much a Fernie like for like replacement.

Seems to sniff out dangerous moments in the game well from a defensive point of view & recycles the ball with simple passes very similar to Rice but will be far much cheaper.

Occasionally his touch on the ball seems heavy & I do feel Pep is perhaps looking for a more dynamic CDM who can consistently play defence splitting passes like De Jong or drive through the midfield like Ndombele. However, if this is the case we’ll be looking forever for the perfect Pep player who I don’t think actually exists & we just need a Fernie cover to allow us to compete for multiple trophies in the short term rather patching up this position.
 
Surprised this link to City/Pep hasn't happened earlier but I am skeptical about there being much to it. He's a rojiblanco, through & through. Unless the club is truly in some freefall internally and selling all their assets, I struggle to believe the player would even be swayed by the chance to work with Pep.

That being said, it's true there is a lot of belief he has a profile like Busquets and who would know better than Guardiola who effectively discovered & capitalized on the unheralded and unknown, Sergio Busquets
 
FCBarca said:
Surprised this link to City/Pep hasn't happened earlier but I am skeptical about there being much to it. He's a rojiblanco, through & through. Unless the club is truly in some freefall internally and selling all their assets, I struggle to believe the player would even be swayed by the chance to work with Pep.
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Wasn't Laporte 'unobtainable' too?
 
BlueDejong said:
Laporte wanted to leave? link?
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The first time he was strongly linked to Pep & City, he tore the knee ligaments months before a possible transfer. He stayed to help ensure the Basque club got maximum value for him. That gesture undoubtedly facilitated what later became the more uneventful transfer that was finally consummated. Athletic are notorious for how they hold onto their assets - you have to carefully plan your exit if you want to leave through the front door.

In any event, Laporte isn't even a local academy player like Rodrigo is at Atletico - he's from the city and came through their academy. Could Pep turn his head? I'm not sure. Of course, the wild card in it could be what is going on internally at the club with Atletico - some sort of palpable tension with rumours of an exodus. Because, for me, he's the sort of player that wouldn't leave unless he was deemed surplus
 
FCBarca said:
The first time he was strongly linked to Pep & City, he tore the knee ligaments months before a possible transfer. He stayed to help ensure the Basque club got maximum value for him. That gesture undoubtedly facilitated what later became the more uneventful transfer that was finally consummated. Athletic are notorious for how they hold onto their assets - you have to carefully plan your exit if you want to leave through the front door.

In any event, Laporte isn't even a local academy player like Rodrigo is at Atletico - he's from the city and came through their academy. Could Pep turn his head? I'm not sure. Of course, the wild card in it could be what is going on internally at the club with Atletico - some sort of palpable tension with rumours of an exodus. Because, for me, he's the sort of player that wouldn't leave unless he was deemed surplus
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That will be a no then.
 
Clercqs said:
He's really good. Been exceptional for Atletico this season.
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Heard Thomas Partey has as well. Saul is my preference because he seems the closest to Fernandinho for me, but I’ve heard Rodri is very similar to Busquets/Alonso.

Does Rodri have the physical element and aggression that Fernandinho has? Also, does he move forwards and get invoked in attacks, more of a playmaker, or purely defensive?
 
FCBarca said:
The first time he was strongly linked to Pep & City, he tore the knee ligaments months before a possible transfer. He stayed to help ensure the Basque club got maximum value for him. That gesture undoubtedly facilitated what later became the more uneventful transfer that was finally consummated. Athletic are notorious for how they hold onto their assets - you have to carefully plan your exit if you want to leave through the front door.

In any event, Laporte isn't even a local academy player like Rodrigo is at Atletico - he's from the city and came through their academy. Could Pep turn his head? I'm not sure. Of course, the wild card in it could be what is going on internally at the club with Atletico - some sort of palpable tension with rumours of an exodus. Because, for me, he's the sort of player that wouldn't leave unless he was deemed surplus
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I thought he was released by them in 2013, he subsequently signed with Villareal and came back to Athleti 2018, he was brought up in Madrid
 
The release clause will help ... negotiations are a lot more simpler , of course provided there is an agreement with the player already.

Tolmie has already posted we have an agreement already with a player - hopefully him or Saul
 
christen at St Marks said:
I thought he was released by them in 2013, he subsequently signed with Villareal and came back to Athleti 2018, he was brought up in Madrid
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No, he's an academy player of Atletico - he played one season with Villarreal's B team before returning. There are a number of examples of this in Spain, where academy players for one reason or another are marginalized or underrated, released and somehow yet still eager to return to their home club. Rodri was always going back to Atletico

It'll be interesting to see how this may develop. I think he never quite reaches his potential under Simeone but we'll see
 
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