Rodri Wants to Wait for Barcelona, Not City's Higher Offer
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Rodri plays football for Manchester City.
City offered him 25% more money to stay.
Rodri said this is not enough for him.
He wants to leave and join Barcelona instead.
Rodri asked City for permission to wait.
He wants to wait for a good offer from Barcelona.
Manchester City is now serious about this.
The club set a final price for Rodri.
City will only sell him for this price.
Barcelona must pay this price to get him.
Fans want to know what will happen next.
This is a big transfer story in football.
Vocabulary15 words
- permission
- when someone lets you do something
- offer
- money or a plan you give to someone
- price
- how much money something costs
- transfer
- when a player moves to a new football club
- Barcelona
- a famous football club in Spain
- final
- the last one; no more changes after this
- serious
- not joking; really meaning it
- midfielder
- a player who plays in the middle of the field
- club
- a team, like Manchester City or Barcelona
- pay rise
- more money for the same job
- wait
- to not do something yet
- instead
- in place of something else
- enough
- as much as you need
- move
- to change from one place to another
- story
- news about something that happened
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Answer key
1. 25% more money 2. Wait for Barcelona 3. They set a final price
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Rodri plays football for Manchester _____.
City offered him 25% more _____ to stay.
Rodri said this is not _____ for him.
He wants to leave and join _____ instead.
Rodri asked City for _____ to wait.
He wants to wait for a good _____ from Barcelona.
Manchester City is now _____ about this.
The club set a final _____ for Rodri.
City will only sell him for this _____.
Barcelona must pay this price to get _____.
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