{
  "id": 862680,
  "title": "Maresca on Rodri’s future and rules out Enzo bid before deadline",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/maresca-on-rodris-future-and-rules-out-enzo-bid-before-deadline",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-14T10:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/maresca-rodri-future-rules-enzo-105500462.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Maresca speaks on Rodri's future and denies any potential Enzo Fernandez transfer before the deadline. Barcelona is seen as the frontrunner for Rodri, who has a year left on his contract with Manchester City. The midfielder's current club is unwilling to make a bid for him at this moment. Rodri has expressed his satisfaction with his current situation, and Maresca has reiterated that they won't make a move for him. Chelsea are reportedly set to have a deadline of 5pm on August 14th for clubs to try and sign Fernandez. Maresca has stated that the club isn't considering a bid for the Argentine player before that deadline. Tijani Reijnders, another player linked to leaving Manchester City, is reportedly set to be completed a deal with Al-Qadsiah in the Saudi Pro League. When asked about trying to convince Reijnders to stay, Maresca acknowledged the difficulty in convincing players to remain when they are already set on a course of action.",
  "summary": "Enzo Maresca insisted that “anything can happen” amid Rodri links to Barcelona and revealed that City are unlikely to bid for Enzo Fernandez before the deadline.Rodri has been linked with a move a...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Man City boss Maresca speaks out on Barcelona transfer target Rodri",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/man-city-boss-maresca-speaks-out-on-barcelona-transfer-target-rodri",
        "published": "2026-08-14T20:40:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}