Rodri has become a glass man, will Real Madrid still buy it?

"I have tried to make him only play 60 to 70 minutes in each game, but it still doesn't work." - Guardiola

After serious injuries, Rodri became a glass man, and Rodri's future is worrying.

As a former iron man, Rodri did not suffer major injuries before the age of 30, and the cumulative absence time after three minor injuries did not exceed one month. At the beginning of the 2024/25 season, Rodri tore the anterior cruciate ligament of his knee and was sidelined for 235 days. Since returning from injury late last season, Rodri still often feels pain in his knee, which caused him to sit out 18 times at the beginning of this season. This time, the hamstring injury will cause him to miss another three weeks. The former iron man has a tendency to become glass.

Real Madrid needs a defensive midfielder and can only find another answer

In the 2025 summer window, Real Madrid had hoped to add a defensive midfielder (Subimendi), but gave up due to lack of funds (failed to sell Rodrygo). Florentino and Xabi Alonso still hope to give Chuameni a chance.

In 2025, Joan Armene completed 184 confrontations in La Liga and succeeded in 127 of them. The confrontation success rate reached 69%, which is the highest success rate among players who completed 100 confrontations in the same period in the league. However, in the most important recent game (El Clasico), Chuameni's performance was disappointing, and his assertion that he was unable to control the high-end game as the main midfielder was once again proven. If Chuameni continues to perform like this in the next season, Real Madrid will definitely continue to look for a new midfielder in the 2026 summer window, but by then, Rodri will no longer be the answer that everyone is expecting.