Rodrigo Hernandez Player Analysis: The Next Sergio Busquets!

Man City's new signing (source: Marca)

Manchester City's new boy Rodri has been named as the next Sergio Busquets by football analysts due to his 2018/19 season display. He knows exactly where to locate his team-mate, when to play a pass or make a tackle. The ex-Villareal and Atletico Madrid is a real genius!

City paid £62.8 million for his services and so far he is their most expensive player in club history. Rodri, proved he can fit in Sergio Busquets shoes after he was called to an international duty with the senior club at just 21years. Indeed, Segio Busquets is his own masterclass in tactics and game play. Here are the similarities between Rodri and Busquets:

Use of body-feints and movements.
Rodrigo has mastered the use of body movements and feints in order to escape pressing from opponents. This is one of the great weapons used by Sergio Busquets during Liverpool-Barcelona clash at Camp Nou. Busquets haven't employed it once or twice. He knows how and when to do it.

High passing accuracy.
Rodri boasts of not less than 73% passing accuracy per game which shows he is a trusted midfielder with the ball. Despite his previous team (Atletico Madrid) not playing total football, Rodri has managed to make most successful passes. Also, Sergio Busquets is good in passing accuracy that's why he is considered a 'Maestro'.

Timely tackling.
When it comes to defending, Rodrigo Hernandez has made more tackles per game than any Atletico Madrid player. He knows when to tackle without making fouls. This is the type of modern midfielder.
He calms oppositions attacks and links up his team-mates to the play. Same to Sergio Busquets who is always focusing on stopping attacks and launch attacks for his team.

Rodri tackling Lionel Messi. Source: Villareal USA.

Interception master.
Rodrigo can easily frustrate opposition easily because he intercepts balls and build-ups from the opposition. He is the kind of player who keeps on irritating you when you have launched an attack and Rodri comes in. Like Busquets, Rodri has all the qualities of a modern midfielder.

Rodrigo Hernandez trying to tackle Ronaldo. Source: scroll.in

Dribbling Expert.
Being good in possession, Rodri is an expert when it comes to dribbling. He can lead his team to attack, determine the game's tempo and attack launcher. This makes him a complete heir to Sergio Busquets or rather, Busquets junior.

References: Nouman(youtube on Sergio Busquets player analysis) whoscored and wikipedia.