{"id":1440,"date":"2026-06-04T15:08:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:08:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:08:56","slug":"real-madrid-presidential-hopeful-stands-firm-on-giant-erling-haaland-and-rodri-claims-in-dismissal-of-man-city-and-agents-furious-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=1440","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid presidential hopeful stands firm on giant Erling Haaland and Rodri claims in dismissal of Man City and agent&#8217;s furious response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\" data-affiliate-button-variant=\"A\">\n<div>\n<p><span>The campaign hit a snag when Haaland&#8217;s agent, Rafaela Pimenta, and father, Alfie Haaland, issued a joint statement describing the claims as &#8220;not true&#8221;. However, Riquelme compared the situation to the controversial transfer of Luis Figo from fierce rivals Barcelona in 2000, suggesting that public denials are a standard defensive tactic during high-profile transfer negotiations and election cycles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When asked about the backlash, Riquelme responded: &#8220;Well, it&#8217;s part of the game. Better than you, nobody knows it. It also happened with Figo; this is part of football. Protecting the player, we had spoken before and after, also with Pablo (Barquero), Rodri&#8217;s representative. I know perfectly well that then you have to talk to City. They are different circumstances, Rodri&#8217;s than Haaland&#8217;s, but you have to talk to City. We have maximum respect for the club.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The campaign hit a snag when Haaland&#8217;s agent, Rafaela Pimenta, and father, Alfie Haaland, issued a joint statement describing the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}