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title: "Barcelona’s new Rodri offer edges closer to Man City’s asking price"
canonical: "https://readmancity.com/2026/08/12/man-city-rodri-barcelona-valuation-gap/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Gary Gowers"
section: "Man City News"
published: "2026-08-12T07:09:16Z"
modified: "2026-08-12T07:09:22Z"
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# Barcelona’s new Rodri offer edges closer to Man City’s asking price

**Barcelona have made a new verbal proposal to [City](https://readmancity.com/) for Rodri worth €60m plus add-ons, according to [Fabrizio Romano](https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/2087434156665917858?s=20)— the closest the two clubs have come yet to bridging their valuation gap.**

City are holding firm on an €80m valuation for the Spain international, but with the two figures now within €20m of each other, add-ons look set to be the mechanism that gets a deal over the line.

Romano’s latest take is that a structure landing somewhere between the two figures represents the most likely solution.

It’s the latest step in a saga that’s moved quickly.

Barcelona’s opening bid was rejected out of hand, and a second proposal worth €65m plus a further €5m in add-ons was still short of what City wanted.

This verbal offer represents Barcelona’s most concerted push yet to find a number City will accept, with Rodri understood to have already agreed personal terms in Spain.

City have been consistent throughout that they won’t sanction a cut-price departure for a player who only recently won the Ballon d’Or, and Enzo Maresca has stopped short of ruling out a sale.

With both camps reportedly keen to get the deal done quickly rather than let it drag into the final weeks of the window, add-ons bridging the final gap looks the most realistic path to an agreement.

Keep track of the latest on this and other deals on our [live Man City transfer tracker](https://readmancity.com/2026/08/11/man-city-2026-summer-transfer-tracker-every-deal-live/).