As per Marca<\/a>, he expressed his delight at having signed for Atleti.<\/p>\n \u201cThe truth is that I\u2019m very happy to be here. I thank the club for the trust. I\u2019m looking forward to working and contributing what I can. The truth is that it\u2019s a very special moment for me and my family. It\u2019s a challenge ahead. In my head you can only do things well at a great club and achieve great things.\u201d<\/p>\n Mendoza was also asked about resurfaced comments made by Barcelona\u2019s Pedri, who believes the new Atleti man is similar to him as a player.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s good for a player like Pedri to say those things, but I\u2019m Rodrigo Mendoza and I have to make my way. In the end, the comparisons will always be there.\u201d<\/p>\n Mendoza spoke on the interest he had received from other clubs, although he made it clear that Atleti was always his preferred choice.<\/p>\n \u201cMany things have always sounded about me, but since I found out about Atletico\u2019s interest it was clear to me in my head. It\u2019s a giant club, it\u2019s always a pain to face a team like Atletico. It has always been a difficult challenge, but it is a beautiful challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n Mendoza also expressed his excitement at working with Atleti head coach Diego Simeone, whose faith so far he is thankful for.<\/p>\n \u201c<\/strong>We know his demands, it\u2019s going to be good for me. I\u2019m clear about what El Cholo wants from me, the club\u2026 thanks to the staff and everyone for how they have received me.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The post Atletico Madrid signing addresses comparisons with Barcelona’s Pedri<\/a> appeared first on Football Espa\u00f1a<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Deadline Day, Atletico Madrid finalised the signings of two midfielders, with one of those being Rodrigo Mendoza. The 20-year-old joined from Elche…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4872"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4872"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4875,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4872\/revisions\/4875"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Pedri](\"http:\/\/www.piquant-burotic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Pedri.jpg\")
Mendoza looking forward to working under Diego Simeone<\/h2>\n