{"id":71590,"date":"2026-08-17T11:23:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T11:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/71590\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T11:23:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T11:23:42","slug":"%f0%9f%97%9e%ef%b8%8f-rodri-signed-madrid-shows-its-hand-mondays-front-pages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/71590\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\uddde\ufe0f Rodri, signed, Madrid shows its hand… Monday’s front pages"},"content":{"rendered":"

The full agreement between Barcelona<\/a> and Manchester City<\/a> for Rodri<\/a> Hern\u00e1ndez is shaking up the summer transfer market, while Real Madrid<\/a> wrap up their preseason with a big win and LaLiga gets its first season underway.<\/p>\n

Real Madrid show their strength<\/p>\n

The Madrid-based press is focusing on the positive feelings around Real Madrid in the final stretch of their preparations. Marca leads its front page with the headline “A top-level Madrid” after their emphatic 0-3 win over Schalke 04, highlighting that Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/a> needed only six minutes to find the net.<\/p>\n

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For its part, AS leads with “Mbapp\u00e9 shines with Mourinho”, underlining the French star’s leadership and the strong defensive and goalscoring displays from players such as Huijsen and Esp\u00ed. At the top, both papers agree in highlighting the imminent agreement between Bar\u00e7a<\/a> and Manchester City for Rodri.<\/p>\n

\"\"Rodri dresses in blaugrana<\/p>\n

In the Catalan press, the real bombshell of the summer is stealing all the attention. Sport declares on its front page with a resounding “Signed!” to announce the full agreement for Rodri for a fee close to 60 million fixed plus add-ons.<\/p>\n

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Along very similar lines, Mundo Deportivo headlines “Rodri YES” and adds that Jo\u00e3o Cancelo<\/a> will also arrive on a free transfer after ending his ties with Al Hilal. Both outlets round out their front pages with Bar\u00e7a’s 2-5 win in Basel, featuring a brace from Bisiwu and major contributions from the youngsters.<\/p>\n

\"\"Tension in the market and the league kick-off<\/p>\n

In the regional press, Superdeporte looks at the heavy 3-0 defeat suffered by Levante<\/a> against Espanyol<\/a> on the opening LaLiga matchday under the headline “Needs to improve”, while also closely following the tough negotiations between Valencia<\/a> and Girona<\/a> over Arnau Mart\u00ednez.<\/p>\n

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In Andalusia, Estadio Deportivo leads with the latest on Betis<\/a> and the progress in talks for Enzo Barrenechea<\/a> under the headline “Closer”, while also making room for the Witsel option for Sevilla and the 2-2 draw between Racing and Villarreal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The full agreement between Barcelona and Manchester City for Rodri Hern\u00e1ndez is shaking up the summer transfer market,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[21537,85,82,272,83,1102,26978],"class_list":["post-71590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-madrid","tag-front-pages","tag-laliga","tag-madrid","tag-manchester-city","tag-real-madrid","tag-rodri","tag-schalke-04"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}