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.”