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title: "Wolfsburg’s Rodriguez on Guardiola’s radar"
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author: "Jack Brain"
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published: "2016-07-07T13:24:05Z"
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# Wolfsburg’s Rodriguez on Guardiola’s radar

New Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is looking to sign a new left-back this summer and has his sights set on Wolfsburg’s Ricardo Rodriguez, according to the Bleacher Report’s Dean Jones.

> Twitter: B/R Exclusive from @DeanJonesBR: Pep Guardiola wants a new left-back—Wolfsburg’s Ricardo Rodriguez on #MCFC radar.\
> [https://t.co/LFSfgoSsJO](https://t.co/LFSfgoSsJO) (@br\_uk)

![Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readmancity.com/readmancity/2016/07/455159442.jpg)

City’s current left-back, Aleksandar Kolarov, has been closely linked with a move to Turkish outfit Besiktas in recent days and the search for a replacement is already underway.

Rodriguez, 23, started all four of Switzerland’s Euro 2016 matches, before they fell to a 5-4 penalty defeat to Poland, and has been touted as one of the world’s best full-backs after consistently impressive performances for Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.

![Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readmancity.com/readmancity/2016/07/510842626.jpg)

A contract extension keeping Rodriguez at Wolfsburg until 2019 was agreed last year and it is believed that a buy-out clause between £21m and £25m is included, which can be activated from this summer onwards.