Manajan kungiyar Manchester City, Pep Guardiola, ya nada shaida a gare shi da Rodri don samun lambobin yabo na Ballon d'Or na shekarar 2024. A cewar Guardiola, Rodri shi ne mafi kyawun dan wasa a duniya a yanzu.
Rodri, dan wasan tsakiyar filin wasa na Manchester City da kungiyar kandar Spain, ya samu karbuwa daga manyan ‘yan wasa da masu horarwa saboda yawan gudunmawar sa ga kungiyarsa. Duk da yake ya ji rauni mai tsanani a watan Oktoba, wanda ya sa ya yi tiyata don gyaran ligament na gwiwa a kafa, har yanzu ana shakun kai don samun lambobin yabo na Ballon d’Or.
Kungiyar Manchester City ta samu nasarori da dama ba tare da Rodri ba, inda ta lashe wasanni uku a jere a gasar Premier League ba tare da shi ba. Dan wasan tsakiyar filin wasa na City, Manuel Akanji, ya ce, “Tun yi kyau, ba mu rasa wasa a shekarar 2024, haka na ganin mun yi kyau.”
Duk da haka, Guardiola ya bayyana cewa, kungiyar ta samu matsala wajen karewa daga harin kai tsaye, saboda rashin Rodri da sauran ‘yan wasa kamar Kevin De Bruyne, Kyle Walker, da Jack Grealish. Akanji ya ce, “Kowa ya san yadda Rodri yake taimaka mana, amma mun da masu iya taka rawa a matsayin sa, kamar Mateo Kovacic, Ilkay Gundogan, John Stones, ko kuma Rico Lewis.”