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Manchester City suffered heavily last season, one of the reasons was the absence of Rodri and it added up to their poor performance last season but I believe they have made provisions for that position. I also believe without Rodri Manchester City can still be a strong team they cannot depend on him forever.
It can't be that Pep Guardiola hasn't made provision for a replacement of Rodri concerning what his team had to go through from struggling with winning games to losing their first place in the EPL to Liverpool. This new season Rodri absence would be of no consequence as am sure Pep must have tackled that using the transfer window to put his team together.