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Rodri injury: Man City and Spain star to have back surgery as Enzo Maresca brushes off transfer speculation
24 July 2026 Off

Rodri injury: Man City and Spain star to have back surgery as Enzo Maresca brushes off transfer speculation

By Total Football News

World Cup winner Rodri will have surgery on a back issue on Monday, new Manchester City boss Enzo Maresca has confirmed.

The 30-year-old Spain captain guided his country to World Cup glory last week and was named the Golden Ball winner as player of the tournament.

But the midfielder’s last two seasons at club level were heavily disrupted – an anterior cruciate ligament injury leaving him sidelined for the majority

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Swansea City: Vitor Matos brushes off play-off talk after Sheffield Wednesday thrashing
9 February 2026 Off

Swansea City: Vitor Matos brushes off play-off talk after Sheffield Wednesday thrashing

By Total Football News

But the fact is that if Matos’ men can maintain the form they have produced over the past three months, they could push themselves into top-six contention in the final stages of the season.

“Yeah, but for that [to happen] we need to keep improving and that’s why we cannot focus on the product and we need to focus on the process,” Matos added.

“That’s what, until this moment, made

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