(Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)Manchester City have made their asking price for Rodri very clear, and Barcelona are going to have to massively improve their bid. While Fabrizio Romano has been feverishly reporting on Barcelona’s attempts to sign Rodri from Man City in the last 24 hours, trickling out his usual incremental updates, we have all been waiting for the real authority to update us. Man City not engaging over low-ball Rodri offersTop transfer guru Ornstein claims that Barcelona’s opening offer was around €45m, with add ons on top. But following the loss of Frenkie de Jong to an ACL injury, they need a midfielder sooner rather than later. Given how good Hansi Flick’s team are looking, a player like Rodri could be the missing piece to take them to the next level.