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, in principle, will 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.
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It was expected that the 30-year-old midfielder would go to the Hospital de Barcelona, where all Barça signings usually go to undergo the usual stress tests, among others, but in the end the Madrid native carried out this essential procedure at the club’s facilities in Sant Joan Despí, where he arrived around 9 a.m.
It was expected that the 30-year-old midfielder would go to the Hospital de Barcelona, but he finally took the tests at the training ground
Besides putting himself in the hands of the doctors, Rodri was able to meet those who will be his new teammates at Barça once his incorporation to the reigning league champion is finalized. Although the agreement with Manchester City is closed, with a payment of 60 million fixed plus 15 in variables, bureaucratic procedures are delaying the official announcement of the signing.
After a first contact with Hansi Flick and the locker room, where he already has many acquaintances from the Spanish national team, Rodri, who is staying at the Torre Melina Gran Meliá hotel in Barcelona, left the training ground to wait for the final approval of his signing and to go to the club’s offices, where he is expected to meet with president Joan Laporta to sign his contract until 2030.
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The presentation, which was scheduled for this Tuesday at 1 p.m., will be delayed while all the necessary documentation between clubs is completed. The idea is for Rodri to present himself to the media in the Barça commercial room located next to Camp Nou, which the Madrid native should already step on as a blaugrana on Wednesday during the presentation of the Joan Gamper Trophy.
In the absence of longer statements at his presentation, Rodri already made his intentions clear after landing at the corporate terminal of El Prat airport. “Playing at Barça is a dream and I am eager to get to work. The Champions? I come to win everything that comes my way,” he said. Now all that remains is for the world champion with Spain, MVP of the last World Cup, to definitively put on the Barça shirt.
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