Barcelona Sign Rodri from World Cup-Winning Spain Squad
Barcelona have a new player. His name is Rodri. He is from Spain.
Rodri played for Spain at the World Cup. Spain won the World Cup. Rodri was the best player. He got the MVP award.
Now Rodri is coming back to La Liga. La Liga is the top football league in Spain. Rodri will play for Barcelona.
The news came from a transfer. A transfer is when a player moves to a new team. Barcelona said the transfer is official.
People say the transfer fee is very big. The fee could be up to 14 billion yen. A transfer fee is the money one club pays another club for a player.
Rodri was the captain of the Spain team. A captain is the leader of the team.
Fans are happy about this news. Many people want to see Rodri play for Barcelona.
Vocabulary15 words
- MVP
- the best player in a competition
- La Liga
- the top football league in Spain
- transfer
- when a player moves to a new team
- transfer fee
- money paid to move a player to a new team
- captain
- the leader of a sports team
- World Cup
- a big football competition between countries
- midfielder
- a player who plays in the middle of the field
- club
- a sports team and its organization
- official
- made public and true, not a rumor
- fee
- money paid for something
- league
- a group of teams that play against each other
- squad
- all the players on a team
- announce
- to tell people something new
- sign
- to officially agree a player joins a team
- billion
- a very large number, 1,000,000,000
Quiz
Answer key
1. Barcelona 2. MVP 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Barcelona have a new _____. His name is Rodri. He is from Spain.
Rodri played for Spain at the _____. Spain won the World Cup. Rodri was the best player. He got the MVP _____.
Now Rodri is coming back to _____. La Liga is the top football league in Spain. Rodri will play for Barcelona.
The news came from a _____. A transfer is when a player moves to a new team. Barcelona said the transfer is _____.
People say the transfer _____ is very big. The fee could be up to 14 billion yen.
Rodri was the _____ of the Spain team. A captain is the leader of the team.
Fans are happy about this news. Many people want to see Rodri play for _____.