Quote from: promise444c5 on July 12, 2025, 04:35:32 PM

Quote from: Ale88 on July 12, 2025, 04:11:05 PM

I agree to disagree. I simply don't understand how you can say that a player like Rodrygo is underrated: in LaLiga, playing for Real Madrid, he scored only 32 goals playing 172 matches, that means one goal every 5+ matches. He has good stats for the Champions League, 25 goals in 64 appearances. Even with Brazil his performances are not great, 7 goals in 33 matches….

Sometimes, it’s not about the goal but yes goals does count somehow. Players like Pedri, Debruyn.. doesn’t score more often in games yet they make impact. In Rodrygo’s case, it’s somehow on and off and not stable but he’s still a good player just that he’s finishing is not that perfect… there was a particular season/year (maybe2022-2023) he had a good rating which made name for him.. I don’t think he’s underrated either, just some competition of positions which actually left him out in most games .

Trust me, I'm quite old school, so I totally understand that stats are not everything in football otherwise Bruno Fernandes would be better than Zinedine Zidane. But in Rodrygo's case I really struggle to see his big impact besides the goals and/or assists: he had a pretty good Champions League season few years ago when he scored a few goals, especially against Manchester City, but besides that what other memorable matches do we have? For me, even in this inflated market, there is no way this guy is worth 100 mln / 12 mln salary. That would be the same evaluation of Gareth Bale, and Bale was 3 times better than him, at least 3 times. As I was saying will see what happens, only a club managed by incompetent people like Manchester United may try to make a crazy offer for Rodrygo otherwise I don't see another big club that may be interested in him.