Manchester City have established themselves as the top dogs in English football in recent years.
With Pep Guardiola’s side now being the first team to win four consecutive Premier League trophies, this showcases how strong City’s squad is.
Taking into account how the Manchester club had more players from their senior squad (14) selected to feature for their countries for the 2024 European Championship than any other top-flight side, this further highlights how much quality they have in their ranks.
Now that a handful of those players are preparing to feature in this weekend’s final between England and Spain, a pundit has highlighted one of those players as being particularly impressive.
Simon Jordan says Rodri is in a class of his own
Speaking about this Sunday’s big final on talkSPORT, Simon Jordan had this to say about Rodri.
He said: “England have the ability with players to match the Spanish. Not Rodri, Rodri is in a world of his own. He’s the best player in that position, he can fit into any international framework, into any domestic side, he’s a masterclass.
“I think a lot of what Spain do goes through him. He is the orchestrator of the calibre and the thinking of the side, the quality of the side.
“He’s a player that I think when we talk about world-class players, we throw that expression around like confetti, and I think he is an embodiment of what a world-class player looks like because I think he’d play in any international side, in any domestic side anywhere in the world.”
England will have to contain Rodri in the final
Having ended the previous Premier League campaign with an overall performance rating of 7.62/10 from WhoScored, the second-highest in the entire division, there’s no doubt that Rodri is one of the best midfielders in Europe.
In fact, Micah Richards said earlier this week that the Spaniard is the best defensive-midfielder in the world right now.
With Rodri completing more passes (379) and making more successful tackles in the midfield third of the pitch than any other Spanish player in the Euros, it’s clear that England will have to make sure they do their best to contain the City star on Sunday and make sure he has as little an impact on the game as possible.
