Rushing into or stressing about the future or a new Leeds United contract is not on the agenda for Rodrigo right now. The club’s record signing has rattled through nearly two-and-a-half years at Elland Road and he is approaching the final 18 months of his deal.
Generally, clubs do not like prized assets entering, or even getting close to, the final 12 months of their terms, so Rodrigo will certainly be on Victor Orta’s radar for review in the near future. If the Spain international were looking for a bargaining position he could not have done much more in the opening weeks of this campaign.
Nine goals in 13 Premier League appearances have only been betterd by Erling Haaland, Harry Kane and Ivan Toney. As patches go, this is by far the deepest shade of purple Rodrigo has found since arriving from Valencia in 2020.
