Dani Carvajal has returned to Actual Madrid for the 2025-26 season after lacking most of final yr with an ACL harm that stored him sidelined for months. Wanting forward, the Los Blancos captain has floated the concept of focusing on a Ballon d’Or winner because the membership’s subsequent signing.
New head coach Xabi Alonso has begun a brand new period at Madrid with main arrivals akin to Trent Alexander-Arnold, Franco Mastantuono, Dean Huijsen, and Alvaro Carreras. Nonetheless, the midfield has but to be bolstered following Luka Modrić’s departure to AC Milan.
In an interview with Cadena COPE, Carvajal revealed he spoke typically with Manchester Metropolis star Rodri throughout his restoration, as each handled ACL accidents: “We talked fairly often in the course of the course of. I’m completely satisfied for him. Rodri feels all the things very deeply, and I feel it appeared even longer for him. We didn’t discuss Madrid. I perceive if he stays at Metropolis, as a result of the membership supported him throughout these tough moments. In the long run, it’s like me with Madrid: the subsequent day they renewed my contract. I’ll at all times be indebted to the membership.“
Carvajal went a step additional, brazenly suggesting his Spain teammate might be Actual Madrid’s subsequent marquee addition. “Rodri could be a great signing, that’s clear. He’s from Madrid, he’s been there a very long time. A change of surroundings wouldn’t harm him,” he joked. “A participant like Rodri will do nicely wherever,” he concluded.
Rodri of Manchester Metropolis reacts in the course of the Premier League match between Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester Metropolis at Amex Stadium on August 31, 2025 in Brighton, England.
Rodri’s present take care of Manchester Metropolis runs till June 2027, leaving simply two full seasons earlier than its expiration. The Residents have already tabled a renewal supply, however the midfielder has but to commit. Regardless of being a cornerstone of Pep Guardiola’s system, a return to Spain has not been dominated out.
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Since struggling his ACL harm in September 2024, Rodri has slowly labored his manner again, that includes in the course of the FIFA Membership World Cup and showing within the early weeks of the 2025-26 Premier League. Nevertheless, Metropolis have stumbled, falling to Tottenham after which Brighton in consecutive video games.
With simply three factors from their first three matches, Rodri addressed his comeback — and even invoked Lionel Messi’s title. “I’m not Messi. I’m not going to return again and make the staff win and win. It is a collective; once we received previously, I wanted all my teammates,” he instructed Metropolis’s official web site after the 2-1 loss to Brighton.
Now referred to as up by Luis de la Fuente for Spain responsibility, Rodri set expectations for what’s forward: “For certain I’ve to get better and discover my finest stage. It’s not as a result of I’m again we’re going to win. It’s a collective sport. Hopefully after the break we are able to come again a lot better.”
