The Next Santos Prodigy - Bem Vinda Rodrygo Silva de Goes

The guy is going to be stubborn. He isn't just going to let them push him out easy.

If we were to use a trident again, the only way it works is if Mbappe actually runs for the team. I would put Rodrygo on the left though and Vinicius on the right... I have noticed Vini is still dangerous when he is coming from right to left.

Still that won't work with a Fede, Tchouameni and Jude midfield because Jude doesn't want to play deeper and will abandon duties, Mbappe won't work for the team and then Vini and Jude will stop working when they see him do so.

 

I sometimes wonder what is going on the players heads...imagine so much quality and talent that no one can debate, and still players suddenly drop in intensity etc. I whould kill for just earning a tiny amount they do and run like there is no tomorrow.

 

if you had that level of reflective capacity, you probably wouldn't be a footballer

 

Hehe...well said and probaly spot on

 

professional athletes in general are narcissistic and have low emotional/actual intelligence.

they have to be in order to make it to the top of their field and get paid accordingly. Team winning and accolades are the cherry on top.

 

When you're always served Wagyu Beef, Bluefin Tuna, Caviar, Pearl Lobster and Parmigiano Reggiano Cheeze, you will soon forget how special that is.

 

Yes the likes of Mbappe. I'm not talking about that type of business smart and educated.

 

No need to get that deep in social psychology, yes there are some exceptions but sportspeople are not exactly the most educated people, mostly due to the fact that they don't really have the time for education when they want to succeed in sports.

 

At the same the athletes see regular people as Muggles. So meh.

 

Man, I always found that fascinating, even if I know people that are similar. As I grow older, I find myself generally loving going back to basics much more, instead of the luxury stuff (exposure to that life via work is sufficient to me). Besides, it's not where you go but the company that matters, but I guess some people just lose themselves a bit along the way.

 

What you mean to say is people in general aren't that smart or educated and "sportspeople" are just a reflection of the general society.

They (we) aren't aliens from some outer dimension which need intellectually insults for some to feel better about their own personal finances and situatuons.

 

If he doesn't want to leave I think it's stupid to sell him.

It's understandable for him not wanting to be an option from the bench but for the team it would be better to have such a great option coming in.

 

Has he said anything?

 

All we know is what the club has been doing

 

Sell for really big money ..i.e - north of 100m or keep him.

Maybe it's the nostalgia/unrealistic fan in me talking but I'd love for Xabi to have a crack at trying to get Rodrygo / Mbappe / Vini to their peaks. Not necessarily playing all 3 at the same time.....but over a season he can get something out of them that was lost last season....

for me...if he wants to stay, we can afford to keep try him one last time.

His contract is only up in 2028....so next summer if things don't work out he can go....although for a less money I know....but some big salaries will be coming off the books next summer with Alaba and Rudiger probably.

 

Going into next summer with a two man attack, Vini and Mbappe, and having Rodrygo and either Endrick or Gonzalo off the bench would be mad. If Xabi benches whoever doesn’t put in a shift, that attack will be lively af.

 

Not really, but I think him not playing at all at the end of last year and at the cwc was not a club/coach decision.

 

Both Carlo and Xabi didn't play him much after his "stomach flu". To me, sounds like a club decision.

 

Carlo didn't call him up for Brazil games either. Rodrygo was either not healthy or needed a break from football.