Rodrigo Moreno- Joins Al-Rayyan confirmed

[Scoobychief]

so it appears thats its rodrigo then as striker still need a CB and creative midfielder, please let hope for some quality signing, anyone know what the price was for rodrigo, apparently valencia are in financial trouble just wondering if there is anyone else we could get from them

[SG90]

Are Adidas putting anything towards the signing?

[The Subhuman]

Very rare for a player coming from abroad with no experience of English conditions to hit right off the bat, may need half a season at least to settle. I'd imagine he plays up top for us once he's ready.

[SG90]

Very rare for a player coming from abroad with no experience of English conditions to hit right off the bat, may need half a season at least to settle. I'd imagine he plays up top for us once he's ready.

He had a loan spell at Bolton in 2010/11.

[The Subhuman]

That will help but a long time ago, 19 was he?

[Byebyegeegee]

With his name ending in "o" its shouldnt be too hard to think up a song.

Rodrigo, Rodrigo,Rodrigo,
Rodrigo, Rodrigo Rod-rig-o-oh

( to the tune of here we go , here we go)

Took me all night to come up with that.

Thoughts?

Love it Irish - a night well spent

[Cjay]

Medical.

Bit worrying when someone limps into a medical

His injuries are my only concern, a very long list over the last 2 years and MB pushes players hard.

For me, you dont sign injured players, if that is a injury call off the deal.

Lets hope we got this one right, dont need another JKA/ Forshaw/Roberts.

[danhirons]

looks more like just the way he walks rather than that he's limping

[1964white]

From viewing the YouTube clips

Rodrigo's positioning, anticipation & running off the ball is class.
Has plenty of pace.
Makes scoring goals look easy.
Scores difficult & plenty of easy chances.
Pablo will love him!

[kindestcut]

From viewing the YouTube clips

Rodrigo's positioning, anticipation & running off the ball is class.
Has plenty of pace.
Makes scoring goals look easy.
Scores difficult & plenty of easy chances.
Pablo will love him!

And Pablo has Rodrigo's shirt number (19) so take that new boy!

[weasel]

I actually went to the Mestalla, when I was living in Spain, and saw Rodrigo playing for Valencia when they beat Celta Vigo 2-1 in 2017. Must admit that nobody really stood out that night as it was a pretty dire match between 2 teams in the bottom half of La Liga.

[kindestcut]

Medical.

Bit worrying when someone limps into a medical

His injuries are my only concern, a very long list over the last 2 years and MB pushes players hard.

For me, you dont sign injured players, if that is a injury call off the deal.

Lets hope we got this one right, dont need another JKA/ Forshaw/Roberts.

Well, it looks like he passed the physical so if he's injured we might want to check to see if our physios are drunk

[andrewjohnsmith]

so it appears thats its rodrigo then as striker still need a CB and creative midfielder, please let hope for some quality signing, anyone know what the price was for rodrigo, apparently valencia are in financial trouble just wondering if there is anyone else we could get from them

26 milion

[SG90]

We have to remember he's taking a step down to come here, and the last player to do that was Pablo! We don't have enough top level experience in the team, so Rodrigo and Koch would be very good signings.

[Gandalf]

With his name ending in "o" its shouldnt be too hard to think up a song.

Rodrigo, Rodrigo,Rodrigo,
Rodrigo, Rodrigo Rod-rig-o-oh

( to the tune of here we go , here we go)

Took me all night to come up with that.

Thoughts?

Stick to the day job.

[mothbanquet]

The optimistic part of me, which tends to be dominant in most things, says this signing goes some way to future-proofing us in the Prem.

The pessimistic part of me worries that he'll be JKA 2.0.

[Richard]

Age, injuries and MBs training schedule worry me over this signing. Let’s hope he can get swiftly up to speed

[Fridge]

saw one on Twitter earlier

‘... Rodrigo Moreno plays for United with Pablooo Hernandez ‘

[Fridge]

The pessimistic part of me worries that he'll be JKA 2.0.

Seems to me that JKA was a bit of a panic buy when it became clear that we weren’t getting Che Adams.

I’d like to think that the club wouldn’t make the same mistake again so soon.

Reports are that Bielsa is absolutely over the moon with Rodrigo and didn’t think it would be possible for us to get him. This feels more like a player that Bielsa wanted than a player that the club felt they needed (and bought in a panic).

[92champs]

Not too excited about this signing on the face of it. There were lots of other La Liga strikers outside the top 5 clubs, I would have liked the club to try and sign. But, I guess the jury's out and I can only hope Rodrigo proves me wrong