{"id":780,"date":"2025-07-29T13:52:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T10:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/07\/29\/tottenham-leads-the-pack-in-pursuit-of-real-madrids-rodrygo-amid-premier-league-shift\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T14:01:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:01:26","slug":"tottenham-leads-the-pack-in-pursuit-of-real-madrids-rodrygo-amid-premier-league-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/2025\/07\/29\/tottenham-leads-the-pack-in-pursuit-of-real-madrids-rodrygo-amid-premier-league-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham Leads the Pack in Pursuit of Real Madrid&#8217;s Rodrygo Amid Premier League Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur has emerged as the frontrunner to sign Real Madrid\u2019s versatile winger Rodrygo after changes in the standing of other Premier League clubs interested in the Brazilian star. Despite playing more matches in the 2024\u201325 season (53) compared to the previous one (51), Rodrygo&#8217;s preferred position on the left wing has rarely been his stage due to tactical decisions by manager Xabi Alonso. This was especially evident during the Club World Cup, fueling speculation around his potential departure this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple Premier League teams had been linked with Rodrygo, including Arsenal, Chelsea, and Liverpool. However, Chelsea is no longer considered a serious contender, and Liverpool is focused on acquiring Alexander Isak. Arsenal, having strengthened their squad with Viktor Gy\u00f6keres and Noni Madueke, remains watchful but appears less aggressive in the race.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham, meanwhile, seems well-positioned financially and strategically to secure Rodrygo\u2019s signature. Manager Thomas Frank has recently welcomed Mohammed Kudus and secured Mathys Tel on a permanent basis. Nevertheless, with the possibility of Son Heung-min moving to LAFC, Spurs might face a void in their frontline that Rodrygo could potentially fill, enhancing their attacking options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham emerges as leading candidate to sign Real Madrid winger Rodrygo amidst Premier League shifts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[210],"class_list":["post-780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tottenham-hotspur","tag-rodrygo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":781,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions\/781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}