--- title: "Manchester City rejects Barcelona's bid for Rodri" description: "Most outlets reported that Manchester City rejected Barcelona’s £38.5 million bid for Rodri, with The News International noting the rejection and hinting at Rodri’s potential contract renewal. Daily Times added that City is open to selling Rodri but would demand over £60 million and highlighted that he is in the final year of his contract. The framing differed slightly, with Daily Times providing more specific financial expectations and contract context, while The News International briefly mentioned Rodri’s interest in a new deal." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/2280-man-city-reject-barcelona-s-38-5m-bid-for-rodri site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Manchester City rejects Barcelona's bid for Rodri sports · latest filing 8 Aug 2026, 12:59 PM PKT · 7–8 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that Manchester City rejected Barcelona’s £38.5 million bid for Rodri, with The News International noting the rejection and hinting at Rodri’s potential contract renewal. Daily Times added that City is open to selling Rodri but would demand over £60 million and highlighted that he is in the final year of his contract. The framing differed slightly, with Daily Times providing more specific financial expectations and contract context, while The News International briefly mentioned Rodri’s interest in a new deal. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Daily Times** — [Man City reject Barcelona’s £38.5m bid for Rodri](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1535458/man-city-reject-barcelonas-38-5m-bid-for-rodri/) · 8 Aug 2026, 12:59 PM PKT > Manchester City have rejected an opening offer of £38.5m from Barcelona for midfielder Rodri. City are open to selling the Spaniard, but would demand more than £60m. The 30-year-old enters the final year of his contract at Etihad Stadium and is yet to sign a new deal, with speculation rife about his future this summer. […] - **The News International** — [Barcelona suffers major blow as Manchester City reject Rodri bid](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1411567-barcelona-suffer-major-blow-as-manchester-city-reject-rodri-bid) · 7 Aug 2026, 10:29 PM PKT · 92% identical wording to the newest filing > Manchester City have reportedly rejected an opening bid of £38.5 million from Barcelona for Spain midfielder Rodri on Friday.The 30-year-old is eyeing for a new contract at Etihad Stadium and is poised to sign a new deal amid intense speculation about his future this summer. At present there... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Barcelona reach deal with Manchester City to sign Rodri](https://harzaviya.com/stories/3564-barcelona-reach-deal-with-manchester-city-to-sign-rodri) · 18 Aug 2026 · 3 outlets · 2 developments · 84% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 7–8 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.