Enzo Maresca has dismissed the lack of Rodri to Barcelona for £65m by stating Manchester City will search for the “new Rodri” in the identical means Sergio Agüero was changed by Erling Haaland.
Rodri’s departure is a large blow to the membership’s new supervisor as he embarks on a primary season in cost. Yet the Italian shouldn’t be fazed by the absence of a participant thought-about one of many world’s greatest No 6s.
“How do we solve that problem? We try to find the new Rodri, it is what it is. [Before] Rodri arrived here, he didn’t win the Ballon d’Or, he didn’t win the Champions League, he didn’t win the Club World Cup. He joined the club, then he achieved many important things.
“Now the target for us is to try to find the new Rodri. I was thinking on Thursday night, when David Silva was here, everyone was worried and Kevin [De Bruyne] arrived. When Sergio [Agüero] was here, everyone was worried [when he was going to leave] and Erling [Haaland] arrived. Fernandinho? Rodri arrived. It is just about this. When they leave, you need to be good at recruiting the next one.
“They are all similar, David, Kevin, Fernandinho, Rodri, Erling – it is normal, it is change, it is not a problem, go again and try to do the right things.”
Rodri had expressed his want to go away City and Maresca mentioned – as did his predecessor, Pep Guardiola – he wouldn’t stand in the best way of any participant who needs to go away. “He can go, absolutely. If he is not happy, he is not going to perform in the right way,” he mentioned.
City lost 3-0 to Arsenal in final Sunday’s Community Shield in Cardiff and earlier than Sunday’s go to of Bournemouth for their Premier League opener, Maresca mentioned the vital reaction to the loss had been anticipated.
“It was good, and normal. It is normal that you are upset straight after the game. We were all upset,” mentioned the supervisor. “We wanted to win, we didn’t win so it’s a normal reaction but after Tuesday we started to prepare for Bournemouth, you have to switch off one thing and focus on the next one. It was two days where we were not happy and now the focus has to be Bournemouth.”
Maresca has been happy with how the gamers are coaching now he’s in cost and not Guardiola. “Since day one the attitude has been very good,” he mentioned. “For them it is not easy. When you work with the same person every day then change, it changes everything.
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“I am an actor and I work with the same director, and we make movies for 10 years. Suddenly the director changes, me as the actor I’m still thinking in the same way as I was with the previous director but now the director is new so I need to adapt. It’s complicated, it’s not easy. It’s not an excuse but it requires a little bit of time, but we need to compete as soon as possible.”
Maresca has a super measurement for his squad. “We have three or four academy players that will stay with us because they impressed me in pre-season. Kaden [Braithwaite], [Floyd] Samba and Ryan McAidoo. Then, for me personally we need around 21-22 players. Around 20 players plus these three young players full of energy – we are happy.”