Get the City transfer window latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox It's fair to say that a lot of Manchester City fans have not always seen the point of Rodri.
It's a brutal assessment to make of the Spain holding midfielder, but one that's easy to make without closer inspection. He is not a glamorous, silky attacker that will hit double figures in goals and assists.
He is not a courageous centre-back, or a nippy terrier-like ball-winner. But, as has become apparent this season, he is arguably City's most important player.
The Blues have just emerged from the toughest trio of fixtures they could have possibly faced, and in all three he was brilliant.
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