Rodrygo Goes has explained signing for Real Madrid over Barcelona.

Rodrygo has been claimed to have gone back on his commitment to Barca at the time he was leaving Santos.

But he told Globoesporte: “Practically everything was fine with Barcelona, they just needed to sign, and I asked my father: 'Nothing from Real Madrid?'.

"Proposals came from all the teams and nothing from Real. So, I asked to wait for the weekend because we would have a match with Vitória. I went to the game with Vitória, I scored three goals, I gave an assist, we won 5-2, and during the game Real Madrid called my father and they didn't even have to make the offer. They only asked me if I wanted to go and my dad already knew my answer.

"The next day, I was playing video games, I was with my mother, and my father left in the morning without saying anything. At the end of the afternoon, he came home, he passed me and my mother but without speaking to anyone. I went straight to my room and there was a Real Madrid shirt and a Barcelona shirt. He had already traveled to visit the Barcelona facilities and brought it and Real already had it. He took both shirts, threw them on me and said: "Now, you choose." I didn't even think about it, it was Real Madrid."