Premier League: "C'est une blague", l'absence de Rodri pour le titre de joueur de l'année fait parler en Angleterre

Rodri

Sans lui, Manchester City vacille. Rodri, depuis son arrivée au sein du collectif de Pep Guardiola, a su se rendre indispensable. Cette saison, hors séances de tirs au but, les Skyblues ont perdu quatre rencontres et c’était à chaque fois lorsque l’Espagnol était absent. En fait, Rodri est même invaincu avec Manchester City depuis février 2023, soit 71 matchs consécutifs.

Pourtant, jeudi, il était le grand absent de la liste de huit joueurs nommés par la Premier League pour recevoir le titre de joueur de la saison. Phil Foden, Erling Haaland, Declan Rice, Martin Odegaard, Virgil Van Dijk, Cole Palmer, Ollie Watkins et Alexander Isak sont présents, mais c’est l’oubli du milieu de terrain espagnol qui est finalement devenu le sujet de discussion principal.

“Tout le monde sait à quel point il est fort”

“Tout le monde sait à quel point il est fort”, a expliqué l’ancien joueur Darren Bent dans l’émission talkSPORT. “C’est une blague qu’il n’y soit pas. Il devrait êre dans cette liste.” Même parmi ses propres coéquipiers, Rodri semblait en effet plus légitime que Haaland, qui vit une saison mitigée, jonchée de buts mais aussi de critiques sur son apport dans le jeu et dans les grands matchs.

Il y a quelques jours, l’association des journalistes britanniques a d’ailleurs décerné son prix du footballeur de l’année, plaçant Rodri à la troisième place, derrière Foden et Rice. Une place sans doute plus appropriée pour l’Espagnol, que son entraîneur Pep Guardiola décrit comme “le meilleur milieu de terrain dans le monde, actuellement, et de loin”.

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