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popizaino:
No matter the amount of finals MVP/NBA ring LBJ wins in his career,he will never be greater than Micheal Jordan.

That's just the rule.

And that applies to Rodri. Give him another balon d'or he will still be trailing Busquet in an all time list.

I don't need award to know this things. I watched them played.

https://www.si.com/soccer/the-best-defensive-midfielders-soccer-history-ranked

You go explain tire no evidence

Jordan has 6 chips 10 scoring titles, 6 Final MVPs, DPOY and 5 Regular season MVPs. Nobody with working brain will compare LeBronze to him. That's not a debate

Rodri easily clears Busquets however. You can argue it till you're blue in the face. Game play, Accolades, Versatility on the pitch.

Busquets is the passenger and apprentice. Rodri is the midfield general

YGETNE

Ibime:
Has Man City been struggling with possession footie before Rodri?

If possession is his selling point, then it should pique you to know that both Man City and Spain possession has gone down since his arrival

Let's even use Barcelona as the template since he is building on Barcelona base of teammates

Barcelona average 70+ percent

Add Rodri in Spain and it drops to 55-65%

Spain Vs France possession stats was 50%-50%. Even today it was only 65-35 against farmers.

Spain Vs Portugal was 56-44%

What you are doing is building on the mythology of Spain being possession Kings and crowning Rodri as the face of it when all evidence shows he brings down the possession stats of his Barcelona teammates who come to him with 70% already in the bag from their club team, and the Spain team he inherited from Busquet which was also at that 70% range

Rodri is just fortunate to meet the Yamal/Williams/Merino set of difference makers rather than the blunt Moratas that Busquet was dealing with

I tender Spain Vs Italy (65-35)% possession in Euro 2020 under Busquet against Spain Vs Italy (56-44)% possession under Rodri as evidence

There is no way you sell me Rodri as the fulcrum of possession when possession is going down noticeably under him.

Rodri is no possession King, just a system player

You go explain tire no evidence.

Shebi Yamal and Williams are also at City and were helping him decide CL Finals and helping him to win PL titles. What did Yamal even play in this world cup?

As if Olmo, Torres and co were not there when Busquets was around. Abi na Diego Costa you wan call bum?

Put your hands up and agree you were wrong on Rodri or continue arguing and let the evidence continue to pile up against you. The choice is yours

He's not playing for any of the biggest Spanish clubs so your argument of him being used as the face of anything is a dodgy one

Maybe you know more than FIFA and UEFA that also agree with me on Rodri

Theuniverse:
busquets played with iniesta and xavi in midfield, david villa in attack and better quality players all round than what rodri is playing with today.
Imagine if na that spanish team jam argentina today, argentina will not survive to extra time, come add red card, na slaughter iniesta and co for give dem. Na 5.0 dem for see.

See. That's why I call Busquets a passenger. He won with a true Super team

Spain flew under the radar the last two major tournaments but under the leadership of Rodri in the midfield they got back to the top of World football. Resurrecting the tiki taka without Xavi and Iniesta despite not even playing in Spain the last 6 seasons.

Stop comparing Fraudsquets to Rodri. Rodri is now one of 11 players with a WC and B D'or. Ise ti yaato

Sportsweb:
A40 take over. Rodri bitch slap Busquet again. A second Balon dor' may be coming

Hehehe. This page go scatter. Busquets una. Everything Busquets did Rodri does better. Plus Rodri can go forward and score. He can play 6 and 8 at the highest level. If game require e fit play 10 sef.

One man MOPOL

Sportsweb:
I wish he played for Real Madrid to get his well deserved hype. If he was bakra player Dem for don crown am GOAT

I'm happy he didn't even join them. They would have said it's Madrid and Barca tax

The biggest part of what makes him Undeniable is that he has dominated in the Prem and for Spain. You cannot even say yeah but without looking crazy.

His ACL injury really robbed him of almost two years in his prime.

Theuniverse:
rodri good, but others have done the comptroller general role before him.
Busquets etc.
But nobody have done the kante elite dm covering and marking role in football.

Abi God Wan punish Busquets? Show me him Golden Ball

Sportsweb:
See how Dem molest gavi

This is the side of Argentina the media has hidden since the start of the tournament. Watch them get away without a sanction. pic.twitter.com/MvcVZOPQH2

— LERRY (@_AsiwajuLerry) July 19, 2026

Absolutely dirty team. Messi or no Messi I will always root for their downfall.

They train for this shithousery from Under 13

Ibime:
Rodri does not work alone. He is just a system player. Stop this mythology

Euro 2024, he came off at HALFTIME and Spain controlled possession even more and won the game that he left at 0-0

It is normal for Argentina to chase the game after going a goal down and when Spain have taken off their ball keepers (Ruiz, Olmo, Baena, Oyarzabal) for goal getters in Merino, Torres and that Ghana boy. There was no loss of control, there was switch of focus from recyclers to box crashers and a small predictable reaction from Argentina which was focused on set pieces. One foolish thing Tuchel did was interpret Argentina few minutes reaction after England goal as Argentina taking control of the midfield and thus giving up on the idea of midfield in favour of defence off wrong interpretation. If Tuchel had played football before at a decent level, he will know it's a normal reaction after going down for Argentina to try harder and for England to drop slightly. This is a phase that only lasts a short time before things settle down.

Rodri did the normal Spanish DM, nothing extraordinarily greater than any other Spanish DM, Spain changed focus to attacking players rather than recyclers and Argentina reacted with few set pieces, no dey draw wrong conclusion.

Your argument will be valid if Rodri is not doing the same thing for Man City. Everywhere he is the common denominator. The only player replicating it in both Man City and Spain. It's not a coincidence

Nobody works alone but there are stars and there are passengers

You have eye for midfield talent on a normal day so the fact that you're hating on the best midfielder of his generation is quite frankly. Shocking

Also going by your logic Ronaldo was not important for Portugal since he came off not even 15 minutes into the game and Portugal still went on to win. It's a team sport. The only thing you can do is your role and hope your teammates also do theirs.

Chelsea won the CL without John Terry. The list is endless. It's a team sport

Rodri did extraordinarily well. The fact that FIFA, UEFA and other experts agree is telling. All of us cannot be wrong. And it's OK to admit you are wrong on your initial assessment of Rodri

You cannot be the only one that knows something myself, FIFA and UEFA don't

This is how you dominate a World Cup Final. Martinez brilliance and Spain wastefulness is why it entered extra time anyway

Theuniverse:
na true jare, see as enzo hide for midfield. Rodri and olmo later pedro complete midfield control.
we no come day see messi again for pitch.
But kante is still greater than rodri in dm.

Please Kante is run run run merchant. We are talking of Comptroller general you're calling Kante

Unlimited22:
Help us and tell Ibime


Say na mythologist


A40 are you still awake?

I even miss am. I'm just seeing it now.

I sabi this game pass wetin people understand. If I stamp player ko gba beski

Champions League MVP
Euros MVP
World Cup MVP
World Cup Champion Skipper

I don't stan nonsense. Make your midfielder put body if e sure for am

MorataFC:
Rodri winning the golden ball, A40 won't let us rest for the next four years. So let me borrow their favorite phrase: "Rigged tournament."

My God is a good God yes he is

Unlimited22:
It is VERY easy for me to admit this without agenda because this don didn’t play for Barca

Took Messi leaving that place for me to even agree say he be GOAT

When I see quality I like to point it out. Wetin he ball that their treble season ehn.

He's not even back to his peak cos the ACL tear has reduced his athleticism a bit but you can still see the levels.

His playing style is why Argentina and France can't even see the ball talk less of creating good chances. You can see how chaotic the game became for Spain as he left. The untrained eye will say they scored but you have a man advantage you're supposed to score. The issue is does the other team have hope? They did cos he was not there to hide the ball from the opponent

The world should be very afraid. If Rodri stays healthy Spain are winning another international tournament in 2028

https://x.com/i/status/2078965574084829630

Busquets una

Put body if e sure for your midfielder

Ellexy:
Rodri by the way, what a player 👏

You know ball

andrewbaba44:
I pity una

9 Barca players don win wc

Una go soon come tell me Wetin John Terry take good pass cubarsi

Cook maestro. I gbadun the aroma

Ellexy:
Yamal a shout for Balon D'or?

Una. Person wey dey on fraud watch

After all the salaye. Rodri going to lift the trophy first

Football completed

You can see the impact of Rodri now. As he comot Spain no fit hold ball for 1 minute

Emaprince:
Williams just gave a freekick for an opportunity to throw the box into their box.

Stupid foul

Did the assist and is now trying to undo his good work

Spain don't allow no foolishness now

iamoyindamola:
Nico senseless sha

Rich man's Madueke

Don Rodri has delivered MOTM performance in yet another final. Let the other players also do their job. Them sef dey collect salary

He don kuku score for CL final so that narrative no fit stick

Goaall

I hope Spain remember who's in goal for Argentina and also their poor PK shootout record. Better end this in extra time

How do you think Spain managed to be so dominant?

Because of Don Rodri. Not his fault Spain did not maximize his hardwork.

You can see how the midfield is in shambles and Pedri getting bullied since he left

Them don sign agreement for Argentina to win this World Cup. I wan dey objective before but this thing don dey obvious

ThierryJay:
The ceiling for Madueke was already quite low, so I don't think he lost out anything. In fact, he should be mighty grateful he didn't go to the Americas as a tourist.

The guy should look for another career.

Madueke is a squad player. Nothing more nothing less. Overpriced transfer market is what makes it look like he's a factor. He's average at best

Tuchel and England too funny. Why una no play like this against Argentina

If they played with some balls they would be playing in Rutherford not Miami.

Bimmarlykay:
You're not serious,keep cherry-picking to suit your agenda.

You asked for Bussi performance without Xavi and Ini,i gave you what he won in 2020 and 21 without them so rest,even Messi collected 8-2 from Bayern,so we can similar say Messi is a Fraud?

What the hell did he win? He was a passenger like he has always been. Nothing more nothing less.

Ojude Oba Nations League does not count. You guys troll Ororo fans that bring it up so why are you doing the same. Besides Spain did not win Nations League sef

Are you that desperate to hype your passenger Fraudsquets you're now disrespecting Messi the 🐐

popizaino:
The only place Rodri clears makalele is on height.

No serious person watch both of them and arrive at your conclusion.

Nostalgia merchant.