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Manchester City want around £65m for Spain midfielder Al-Qadsiah closing on move for City’s Tijjani Reijnders Manchester City have rejected Barcelona’s second bid of around €60m (£51m) for Rodri, while Chelsea have set a 5pm (BST) Friday deadline for the club to bid £120m for the midfielder’s potential replacement, Enzo Fernández. On Tuesday Barça improved on their initial offer of €45m but this has been turned down. City, it is thought, want between £60m and £65m for Rodri, who captained Spain to victory at the World Cup and is a former Ballon d’Or winner. Continue reading...
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Manchester City want around £65m for Spain midfielder Al-Qadsiah closing on move for City’s Tijjani Reijnders Manchester City have rejected Barcelona’s second bid of around €60m (£51m) for Rodri, while Chelsea have set a 5pm (BST) Friday deadline for the club to bid £120m for the midfielder’s potential replacement, Enzo Fernández. On Tuesday Barça improved on their initial offer of €45m but this has been turned down. City, it is thought, want between £60m and £65m for Rodri, who captained Spain to victory at the World Cup and is a former Ballon d’Or winner. Continue reading...
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FC Barcelona has had another bid rejected by Manchester City for its World Cup winner and star midfielder Rodri.
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Manchester City have rejected a new £55m bid from Barcelona for Rodri.
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AIPROPX has consolidated 3 reports from 3 outlets into a single canonical entry on “Chelsea set Friday deadline for Fernández suitors as City reject new £51m Barça bid for Rodri.” The covered outlets are based across 3 regions — UK, US, and Other.
The earliest report in this entry came from Forbes (Aug 13, 2026, 08:08 UTC); the most recent came from The Guardian — Sport (Aug 13, 2026, 09:26 UTC).
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