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Real Madrid winger Rodrygo has been linked with a transfer to Liverpool(Image: Maria Gracia Jimenez/Soccrates/Getty Images)
Brazil winger Rodrygo has seemingly hit back at speculation over his mindset and future as a Real Madrid player.
It was recently suggested that the winger has been left 'very angry' with his current situation, ready to force a summer transfer with Liverpool named amongst clubs who would be ready to capitalise.
It was claimed by Spanish publication Marca that Rodrygo has grown increasingly frustrated over the course of the 2024/25 season.
But the damage was already done at this stage - it was claimed Rodrygo had drastically decided he never wants to play for Real again.
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The Guardian later named Liverpool, alongside rivals Arsenal and Manchester City, as ''attentive' to the situation if it were to escalate further over the summer.
But he player in question has now to all intents and purposes sought to silence any such talk over his feelings towards Real.
"Thanks for all the messages and concern.
I’ll be back soon [praying emoji]," a message to his Instagram story read on top of a photograph of the view from inside a recovery chamber.
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The message concluded: "Stop making stuff up [facepalm emoji, male sign emoji]."
Real Madrid winger Rodrygo has seemingly responded to transfer speculation(Image: Instagram: @rodrygogoes)
So Rodrygo himself may have debunked any theories that he is actively seeking to leave Spain, but that still leaves any apparent interest from the Reds unanswered.
What is known is that when Jurgen Klopp was manager in 2017, then-sporting director Michael Edwards tried to sign the Brazilian from boyhood club Santos for Liverpool.
"We didn’t close the deal because I didn’t want to.
I wanted to stay at Santos even though the offer was very good," the winger personally revealed one year ago.
"The pathway they promised me would also have been very good for my career.
I wanted to stay at Santos and make a bit of history at the club.
"And that’s what happened.
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