Rodri isn’t stupid enough to choose a chaotic midfield that can’t even build out from the back or control the tempo of a game. He made the right decision by choosing Barcelona. Madrid are still struggling and still look like the same team from last season. Hundreds of millions spent, yet nothing has really changed. They needed a stoppage time winner against Espanyol, and even that came down to pure luck.

Rodri-Barcelona, not yet done. Patience. It will be eventually - but as of 2:19am, the agreement is missing. Only thing definite right now is that the package will be close to (if not exactly) €70m and that all parties are having positive negotiations.