‘The closest’… Deco has just given £220k-a-week Man City player the ultimate compliment

Redaction Simon Brett with Tom Procter
Published on 2024-02-08 12:30:00

Barcelona’s sporting director Deco believes that Manchester City star Rodri is the closest player to a prime Sergio Busquets.

However, he asserts that the club would never sell him. Rodri has had another outstanding season for City, following his remarkable contributions in the 2022/23 Treble-winning campaign.

It was recently revealed that Rodri has gone one year unbeaten in a City shirt. He is seen by many as City’s most important player, and arguably, the one player in the team that Pep Guardiola simply cannot replace adequately.

Deco pointed out that Rodri is the closest player to a prime Busquets. Speaking about Barcelona’s dip in recent times, he believes that one major reason for their struggles has been the loss of Sergio Busquets. Busquets was one of the finest holding midfielders in the game during his time at Barca.

Deco reckons that there’s only one player who’s a bit like Busquets today, and that is City’s maestro Rodri. However, he doesn’t think for one second that his club could sign the 27-year-old.

He stated that it’s almost impossible to replace Busquets, and that Rodri is the closest, but City would never sell him to any club.

He said (via Fabrizio Romano): “It’s almost impossible to replace Busquets. Rodri is the closest but City would never sell him to any club!”

Barcelona have certainly suffered as a result of Busquets leaving the club. Deco’s sentiment is the ultimate compliment for Rodri, and it’s a huge accomplishment to be compared to a player like Busquets.

Rodri has a couple of things on Busquets, he is more of a goals and assists provider and much more physical. The City man is definitely close to Busquets stylistically though.

Rodri is on an incredibly exciting trajectory at the moment and it’s going to be very interesting to see how he compares to Busquets once he hangs up his boots. Hopefully, he’ll continue to excel at City because it’s hard to see the club ever wanting to sell such an amazing player.

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