After landing late Monday in Barcelona, Rodri is having a busy schedule this Tuesday with procedures and events that started early in the morning and will, in principle, end with his presentation as the new Barça player at the end of the day. The first stop for the Spaniard was the training ground to undergo the medical examination.
Rodrigo Hernández Cascante, 30-year-old footballer known in the football world as Rodri, landed yesterday just after eight in the evening at El Prat airport to be presented today as a new player of FC Barcelona. His first words were ambitious: “Playing for Barça is a dream and I am already eager to get to work. The Champions League? I come to win everything that lies ahead.” Violin music for the Barcelona fans.
With a slight delay from the scheduled time, past eight in the evening, Rodri landed at El Prat airport amid great media anticipation. The player, unlike on other occasions and as had already happened in the morning with Cancelo, had no problem posing for photographers and making brief statements before heading to a city hotel to dine with FC Barcelona officials before being presented as a new blaugrana player in the coming hours. His initial message was emphatic: “These have been very intense days but I am very happy, playing for Barça is a dream and I am already eager to meet my teammates, some of whom I already know, and to get to work. The Champions League? I come to win everything that lies ahead.”
The best defensive midfielder in the world, Rodri, will land today in Barcelona at seven in the evening to formalize his signing for FC Barcelona, undoubtedly the transfer of the summer in the world of football, both at the Spanish and international level.
Spain added the eighth medal of its Birmingham World Championship with a bronze in the mixed 4×100. The Spanish team, made up of Guillem Crespí, Maribel Pérez, Andoni Crespí, and Jaël Bestué, crossed the finish line in 40.42, a time that sets a new Spanish record.
Agreement in principle by Rodri Hernández. Barcelona and Manchester City have reached an understanding this Sunday for the player’s arrival in Barcelona. According to La Vanguardia, the latest offer presented does not exceed 70 million euros, with a maximum of 60 million fixed and the rest conditional on variables. Rodri will sign with Barcelona for the next 4 seasons.
Julián Álvarez is not here. Lewandowski and Ferran Torres are history. And the casting for the number nine at Barcelona is still open. But the team of Hansi Flick certainly has goals. They demonstrated it at St. Jakob-Park, in the 5-2 win against Basel through a true feast of team-made goals, just as Flick likes. Adeyemi made his debut and also assisted Hamza Abdelkarim. Lamine Yamal dressed as a seasoned professional to convert a penalty, and Jesse Bisiwu, that prodigious 18-year-old youth whom some compare to the new Dembélé (although his role models are Brazilians like Neymar or Raphinha) and for whom Barça paid 8.5 million to Bruges, proved Deco right. He scored a double as spectacular as it is hard to forget.
Under normal circumstances, this first post-vacation article would be dedicated to the perpetrators of the start of the Spanish League on August 15 with a captivating double feature consisting of an Alavés-Getafe and a subsequent Sevilla-Rayo Vallecano. With all due respect to the…
Spain reigns again in world rhythmic gymnastics. The Spanish team has been crowned world champion in group competition in Frankfurt after finishing ahead of Japan in a competition that returns the national team to the top of the podium 35 years after their last title, won in Athens in 1991.
Once again, race walking, a discipline so often undervalued and even underestimated by World Athletics, saves the face of Spanish athletics in a historic day, with four medals at once, a gold double in the half marathon, and silver and bronze in the marathon. A day to remember. Spain now rises with six medals in the continental championship.
