Indeed, Man City's performance is really bad, even this time they were slaughtered by Tottenham again and again, losing in 5 consecutive matches, it's irony and a new bad history for Pep Guardiola. Man City must find a backup that is indeed competitive, ready, and ready to strengthen the club. Moreover, rumors about Rodri's departure are increasingly emerging, although it is unknown whether it will really happen or not.
But, I'm not really sure that Pep will let Rodri go, especially considering Man City's current condition. Let rumor be spreading and make this transfer market more exciting.

In the end, the best player will play in Real Madrid because Real Madrid is the biggest and strongest team in the world.
Rodri want to show if Manchester City without him, Manchester City will be nothing. He can ask crazy amount salary in order to Manchester City can't afford to pay his salary, on the other hand Real Madrid have unlimited money and able to spend whatever Manchester City ask.
Speaking about Pep, I checked out Twitter and it seems like after losing to Tottenham the tag #PepOut is trending again. It's funny since the people behind that tag are likely not a City fan. Even if they wanted to kick him out, I don't think there's a good replacement to fill his shoes.
It comes from Arsenal fans because they're jealous Pep not become their coach.