The Spain international was expected to complete a move to Wanda Metropolitano ahead of the opening round of La Liga fixtures, but the deal is now off <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Valencia general director Mateu Alemany has revealed Atletico Madrid\u2019s offer for Rodrigo is \u201cno longer on the table\u201d ahead of the new La Liga campaign.<\/p>\n
The Spanish international had been the subject of an alleged \u20ac60 million (\u00a354.8m\/$66.5m) bid from\u00a0Los Rojiblancos ahead of their season opener against Getafe this weekend.<\/p>\n
The move was expected to be made official ahead of the opening round of league fixtures, however, club bosses have confirmed any deal to take the Brazilian-born forward to the Spanish capital is now off.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Amid intense speculation surrounding his immediate future, the 28-year-old has returned to training with the Valencia squad as they prepare to face Real Sociedad at the Mestalla\u00a0on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Mundo Deportivo ahead of their curtain-raiser, Alemany said: \u201cThere was the possibility that Rodrigo could be transferred, (but) right now, there is no offer on the table.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who were offering are now no longer offering, and what seemed like an agreement could not be executed. He is available to train and, at his request, play on Saturday against Real Sociedad.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rodrigo has spent the last five seasons at Valencia, and enjoyed an impressive\u00a02017-18 campaign, scoring 16 goals and adding four assists in the league.<\/p>\n
Both Everton and Napoli were credited with an interest in the player this summer, but Atleti appeared to have won the race for his signature before\u00a0Alemany\u2019s revelation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a principle of agreement,\u201d he confirmed. \u201cSubsequently, due to circumstances that have nothing to do with Valencia, it did not go ahead.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe situation, which at that time had to be specified, was between Atleti and Rodrigo. They had spoken and the decision, I think, was not yet taken by Rodrigo. Atletico boss\u00a0Diego Simeone has\u00a0already managed to sign\u00a0the likes of Joao Felix, Mario Hermoso, Kieran Trippier and Marcos Llorente this summer, but the Argentine manager\u00a0still has\u00a0until September 2 to bring in additional reinforcements.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Spain international was expected to complete a move to Wanda Metropolitano ahead of the opening round of La Liga fixtures, but the deal is now off Valencia general director Mateu Alemany has revealed Atletico Madrid\u2019s offer for Rodrigo is \u201cno longer on the table\u201d ahead of the new La Liga campaign. The Spanish international…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\u201cI have seen him today and he\u2019s very happy. Between clubs, there was a principle agreement, and right now that offer is no longer on the table.\u201d
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When asked why the player had not trained alongside his teammates earlier this week, Alemany added: \u201cWhen a soccer player understands that his departure is near, it is usual for everything to stop.
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\u201cThe situation is normal. Everything that was said has not materialised in a concrete offer. Rodrigo spoke with (Valencia head coach) Marcelino and me yesterday afternoon, and wanted to join the team.\u201d<\/p>\n