{"id":18062,"date":"2025-11-18T21:48:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/2025\/11\/18\/real-madrid-are-set-to-rival-manchester-city-for-this-la-liga-midfielder-good-fit-for-alonso\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T21:48:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:48:31","slug":"real-madrid-are-set-to-rival-manchester-city-for-this-la-liga-midfielder-good-fit-for-alonso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/2025\/11\/18\/real-madrid-are-set-to-rival-manchester-city-for-this-la-liga-midfielder-good-fit-for-alonso\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid Are Set To Rival Manchester City For This La Liga Midfielder: Good Fit For Alonso?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fichajes.net\/noticias\/elche-vendera-rodrigo-mendoza-precio-20251117.html\">report<\/a>, Fichajes mentioned that Real Madrid are set to rival Manchester City for Elche midfielder Rodrigo Mendoza. It has been claimed that Los Blancos are eyeing a move to acquire the services of the Spanish talent next year.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mendoza\u2019s Impressive Form In Spanish Football<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Mendoza has enjoyed a decent run of form at the Spanish club as he has put in a series of impressive displays for them at the centre of the park. The 20-year-old has found the back of the net twice in ten matches for Elche this season on all fronts.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish talent has been a good performer in the middle of the field after he made seven tackles, four blocks, two interceptions and one clearance in La Liga. He has even been tidy when distributing the ball from midfield, based on his pass completion rate of 82.7% in league football (stats via <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/d70a000f\/Rodrigo-Mendoza\">fbref.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>His current contract at the Spanish club will run out in the summer of 2028. Thus, it won\u2019t be easy for Real Madrid to land him on the cheap next year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_337001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-337001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/godoy-cruz-v-river-plate-liga-profesional-2024-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Real Madrid\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/godoy-cruz-v-river-plate-liga-profesional-2024-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/godoy-cruz-v-river-plate-liga-profesional-2024-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/godoy-cruz-v-river-plate-liga-profesional-2024-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/godoy-cruz-v-river-plate-liga-profesional-2024-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/godoy-cruz-v-river-plate-liga-profesional-2024-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/godoy-cruz-v-river-plate-liga-profesional-2024-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/godoy-cruz-v-river-plate-liga-profesional-2024-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/godoy-cruz-v-river-plate-liga-profesional-2024-1-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/godoy-cruz-v-river-plate-liga-profesional-2024-1-1260x840.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/godoy-cruz-v-river-plate-liga-profesional-2024-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/godoy-cruz-v-river-plate-liga-profesional-2024-1-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/godoy-cruz-v-river-plate-liga-profesional-2024-1-1392x928.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/godoy-cruz-v-river-plate-liga-profesional-2024-1-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/godoy-cruz-v-river-plate-liga-profesional-2024-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-337001\">MENDOZA, ARGENTINA \u2013 JULY 24: Franco Mastantuono of River Plate drives the ball during a Liga Profesional 2024 match between Godoy Cruz and River Plate at Estadio Malvinas Argentinas on July 24, 2024 in Mendoza, Argentina. (Photo by Rodrigo Valle\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Is Mendoza A Good Fit For Real Madrid Boss Xabi Alonso?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Mendoza is a solid tackler of the ball and can time his challenges well to secure the ball back for his team inside his half. He usually puts his foot through the ball when needed and is a tidy passer of the ball as well.<\/p>\n<p>> <ins data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1320500389249449\" data-ad-slot=\"3943052428\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>  <\/p>\n<p>The Spanish sensation can even chip in by scoring the odd goal for his team. Mendoza is primarily a box-to-box midfielder but can also play in the number ten position if told to do so. He already knows <a href=\"https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/category\/leagues\/la-liga\/\">La Liga<\/a> well and won\u2019t take much time to adjust to life at <a href=\"https:\/\/the4thofficial.net\/category\/leagues\/la-liga\/real-madrid\/\">Real Madrid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We can expect Mendoza to bring more quality and depth to Los Blancos head coach Xabi Alonso\u2019s midfield department. He is good enough to fight for a regular first-team spot at the Madrid club and could help them challenge across all competitions in the coming years<\/p>\n<p>At 20, the future looks quite bright for Mendoza as long as he continues to improve with each season. Hence, he would be a good fit for Real Madrid\u2019s needs in the long run.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent report, Fichajes mentioned that Real Madrid are set to rival Manchester City for Elche midfielder Rodrigo Mendoza. It has been claimed that Los Blancos are eyeing a move to acquire the services of the Spanish talent next year. Mendoza\u2019s Impressive Form In Spanish Football Mendoza has enjoyed a decent run of form [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12815,"featured_media":18063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12815"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo76e71539\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}