{"id":1150992,"date":"2026-08-16T01:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T01:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1150992\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T01:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T01:18:16","slug":"sticking-to-his-demand-manchester-city-shock-barcelona-for-the-third-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1150992\/","title":{"rendered":"Sticking to his demand: Manchester City shock Barcelona for the third time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona and Manchester City remain locked in talks over Rodri, with the English club rejecting a third offer from the Blaugrana for the Spanish midfielder. City are holding firm on their asking price of 80 million euros, according to the French network<b\/><a href=\"https:\/\/rmcsport.bfmtv.com\/football\/transferts\/mercato-manchester-city-refuse-une-troisieme-du-barca-offre-pour-rodri_AV-202608150219.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Radio Monte Carlo&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Talks between the two clubs opened more than a week ago, after Rodri made Barcelona his preferred destination ahead of Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Read also<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\"><b><strong>A full-back with a winger&#8217;s spirit: Real Madrid sign the Rayo Vallecano gem<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\"><b><strong>Barcelona reap tens of millions from the transfer market and set them aside for three targets<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Manchester City had initially weighed up renewing Rodri&#8217;s contract. They ultimately chose to respect the player&#8217;s wish, while insisting they would not make his departure easy. The English club set a price of 80 million euros and refused to sell for anything less.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona kicked things off with a first offer worth around 50 million euros. City knocked it back almost immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Undeterred, the Catalan club raised their second bid to around 70 million euros. Manchester City rejected that too, judging the return still far short of their demands.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona came back with a third offer in the hope of sealing the deal. City rejected it again, according to the French network.<\/p>\n<p>The decision now rests with the La Liga champions. They will have to move closer to the 80 million euros City want if they are to close a deal that looks every bit as complicated as the negotiations over Atletico Madrid striker Julian Alvarez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona and Manchester City remain locked in talks over Rodri, with the English club rejecting a third offer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1150993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[312999,161,199,313000,107867,748,302806,29589,393,4884,2465,886,101,35250,16,15],"class_list":["post-1150992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-al-ahly-sc","tag-arsenal","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-vs-al-ahly-sc","tag-basel","tag-britain","tag-club-friendlies","tag-community-shield","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-manchester","tag-manchester-city","tag-premier-league","tag-rodri","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117102556386945373","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1150992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1150993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1150992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1150992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1150992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}