Tag: Spain

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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The Last Renegade: Why I Was Wrong About Argentina
21 July 2026 Off

The Last Renegade: Why I Was Wrong About Argentina

By Total Football News

Before the 2026 World Cup final, I wrote, in a piece submitted to this publication, that Argentina’s hybrid model was what Spain could not solve. I was wrong. Spain won. But the story of how they won, and what it forced Argentina to become in its final moments, reveals something more enduring than a single scoreline: a blueprint that was never allowed to operate on its own terms, and that …

World Cup 2026: Rodri’s stock at all-time high as Spain midfielder adds to trophy collection
20 July 2026 Off

World Cup 2026: Rodri’s stock at all-time high as Spain midfielder adds to trophy collection

By Total Football News

Returning from an ACL injury is a notoriously difficult task.

Having suffered the injury in September 2024, mere months after Spain’s Euros triumph, Rodri missed the rest of that season then featured sporadically last campaign.

He made 33 appearances across all competitions for City but suffered a number of injury setbacks and, at times, looked a shadow of the player he was before the injury.

Former City boss Pep Guardiola

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