Liverpool has got used to losing against Real Madrid, but not even Trent Alexander-Arnold signed his Los Blancos deal in Angeld.
Only Rodrygo has this honor, but his almost ten years of connections to the Reds were able to make a transfer this summer.
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Talksport understands that preliminary talks between Liverpool and Real Madrid have taken place via Rodrygo.
Luis Diaz is the topic of Bayern Munich, while his left -wing kinger is similar to new pastures.
The Brazilian performed 51 appearances in all competitions for the Spanish giants in the past term when he recorded 14 goals and 10 templates.
However, he fell out of favor under the former Anfield hero Xabi Alonso, with Gonzalo Garcia, Brahim Diaz and Arda Guler being preferred in the attack by partner Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Jr.
After Rodrygo with Al Hilal in the first Club World Cup game from Madrid had set up a template in 1-1 draw with Al Hilal and only played 27 minutes in the rest of the US tournament.
He was not to be seen against Juventus and Pachuca at all and was also an unused replacement in the 4-0 semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain.
But the man who was called Madrid’s most talented player by Jude Bellingham was not too little freer, including arsenal.
Liverpool does not need to convince Rodrygo’s talent, which became one of many players who was beaten by Madrid’s association.
In an alternative timeline, Bellingham, Kylian Mbappe, Aurelien Tchouameni and Rodrygo could all have played for the red.
In order to further insult the injury, Madrid also managed to snap ex-Liverpool vice captain and academy superstar Alexander-Arnold.
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Rodrygo against Luis Diaz
2024/25 statistics
Games: Rodrygo – 54, Luis Diaz – 50
Goals: Rodrygo – 14, Luis Diaz – 17
Assists: Rodrygo – 11, Luis Diaz – 8
The 15-fold Champions League winners had already completed degrees for players near Angield, as Rodrygo showed.
While Jürgen Klopp’s first full season was responsible for the Reds, he had tried to sign the 24-year-old as a teenager.
Michael Edwards, Managing Director of Liverpool, who returned to the club in 2024, was the sports director this year in 2016.
Rodrygo still followed his trade in his home country in Brazil, and Klopp personally flew to Sao Paulo to monitor his development.
The young person had not yet signed his first professional contract, and Liverpool wanted to be ahead of her European rival.
His agent Nick Arcuri, Canal Do Nicola explained in 2020: “When Rodrygo signed his first professional contract with Santos, who was 16 years old, a director of Liverpool called me that Klopp had already known the player, saw the material and had already seen Rodrygo personally.
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“He had gone on YouTube and looked for ‘talents from Brazil’, Rodrygo was published and he was very young.
“He came to Brazil and liked him. They contacted me, the Liverpool director wanted him to be his first signing, Rodrygo.”
The former midfielder of Manchester City, Elano, worked at Santos in early 2017 when he received wind from Liverpools Cut-Price-Deal.
“I went to the board and said: ‘No, no, we can’t let him go,” he said to BBC Sport.
“It was just a 3 -m euro offer, and the conversations were already at an advanced stage. It was pretty much done. They had an oral agreement, but I insisted that we couldn’t do it.
“He was only 16 years old at the time and although the team had great hopes for him, it was not yet clear when he would play for the senior side. So I went to Rodrygo and said to him: ‘We will soon advertise. You have my word.’
“Shortly afterwards I took responsibility as a caretaker and so I was able to do what I had promised to him much earlier than expected.
“I brought him to work with us and gave him his first minutes as a professional footballer.”
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Rodrygo finally spent another season in Santos, but a year later he was signed for his new club in Anfield … only it was not Liverpool!
Most of the Kop had Alisson Becker and the former red couple Roberto Firmino and Philippe Coutinho when Brazil defeated 2-0 in a World Cup up warm game in a World Cup up warm game 2-0 in June 2018.
But just a few meters from the field in a box on the historic floor of Liverpool, Rodrygo put a move to Madrid.
On the eve of the game, Santos’ at the time, President Jose Carlos Peres Real’s Chief Scout June Calafat met in a café next to the Brazilian team Hotel in Merseyside.
“Our conversation did not take longer than 30 minutes. They had come to Liverpool to complete a deal and were not ready to leave the table without leaving you,” Peres told Bleacher Report.
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Rodrygo has achieved a flood of success since his arrival at Santiago Bernabeu and won the Champions League twice.
His biggest individual highlight remains his dramatic two late gates to score a semi-final comeback against Manchester City in 2022 on the way to Madrid’s 1-0 triumph against Liverpool a month later.
That was one of the four victories he scored from five games against Liverpool after having missed the 2-0 defeat by injury last October.
Rodrygo explained his decision to reject Liverpool last year, and said: “We did not complete the deal because I didn’t want to. I wanted to stay with Santos even though the offer was very good.
“The path they promised would have been very good for my career. I wanted to end my studies in England to prepare for European football. It was always my dream to play in Europe.
“Everything was very good, but my wish spoke louder. I wanted to stay in Santos and write a little story in the club.
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“And that is exactly what happened: I was able to fulfill my dream of playing for Santos. But it is true that I almost went to Liverpool.”
If the summer transmission window closes, this statement could be re -shaped: “It is true, I went to Liverpool …”