Rodri ignores Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to name GOAT footballer he’s played with

Rodri picked club teammate Kevin De Bruyne as his GOAT over both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi at the PFA awards.

Rodri ignores Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to name GOAT footballer he’s played with

Rodri picked Kevin De Bruyne as his GOAT (Via IMAGO, Sky Sports & BBC)

Manchester City and Spanish midfielder Rodrigo Hernandez is one of the best in the business in his position. The 28-year-old also bagged the Player of the Tournament award at UEFA Euro 2024 as La Roja claimed the title over The Three Lions. As he turned heads at the PFA awards ceremony, the player picked his GOAT.

Much to the surprise of fans, Rodri’s GOAT was neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Lionel Messi. The Spaniard named teammate Kevin De Bruyne as the greatest of all time, although the Belgian himself has picked Ronaldo as the player he’d like to play with in the past. De Bruyne and Rodri rule the midfield for Pep Guardiola‘s side and will be elemental to his plans if the men in blue are to defend their Premier League title once again.

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Rodri cheekily named himself when asked about who the best ‘big game player’ was. At the same event, Cole Palmer named Messi as the best left-footed player as he snubbed Erling Haaland, himself and several others.

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Rodri is yet to play his first game of the season for City and sat out the 2-0 win against Chelsea on the opening matchday.

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Rodri names two Premier League rivals who can ‘challenge’ for the title

Manchester City are all set to continue their dominant run in the English top flight. The Cityzens have shown no signs of weakness yet as fans are convinced that Pep Guardiola will add a record seventh League title to his cabinet.

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Rodri thinks Arsenal & Liverpool can challenge for the Premier League title (Via X/@ManCity)

As main man Rodri spoke to the press after being named in the PFA Team of the Year for 2023/24, he named two rivals who can compete for the title. Unsurprisingly, Rodri mentioned Mikel Arteta and Arsenal, who have consistently given the Cityzens a run for their money. 

Before it was Liverpool, now it's Arsenal. You never know, but it seems these two teams will fight again.
Rodri told the press (via GOAL)

That being said, Rodri also appeared to ‘annoy’ Arsenal players on the podium when he claimed that ‘mentality’ played a huge part in winning. Rodri stirred up quite the commotion among Arsenal supporters as he ridiculed Arsenal’s mentality last season. He pointed out that the Gunners played for a draw instead of trying to win when the two sides met in the previous campaign. City ended up winning the League by a margin of just two

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