Rodrygo Goes has enjoyed a productive debut campaign with Real Madrid, and he has revealed how Luka Modric advised respect as he was old enough to be his father when he first arrived in Spain.
Ironically, Rodrygo's father is actually only 35 years old, which is the same age as the former Dinamo Zagreb playmaker.
"When he found out that my father was 35 years old, he didn't believe it," Rodrygo explained in a live broadcast on Twitter.
"He then told me I should respect him as he was old enough to be my father.
"Since then he always calls me son and I call him dad."
When asked by fans if he was a superstitious footballer, the former Santos prodigy admitted that he does have a number of routines to follow.
"I always put the right boot and right shin pad on first," Rodrygo declared.
"Then I tie the right boot, and when I get onto the pitch I always take the first step with my right foot, and I never step on the line.
"I won't say any more because they are a little crazy."
Whilst he hasn't had too many chances to play with Eden Hazard due to the Belgian's injury problems, Rodrygo made clear how much he respects the former Chelsea star.
"Playing with him is a dream," Rodrygo intimated.
"He is one of my idols.
"Hazard is so good and it's an honour to play with him."
SomoZero305
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It it were Buffon, he would have said' Look kid, u have to respect me, I'm old enough to be grandfather. '
hazardeden1017
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Rodrygo Goes's father is a pure gem, at 16 father, when I was 16 I was thinking about how to get a gf☹️
Venomxos7
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Indirectly Modric flirts with Rodrygo's mother[Crylaugh]
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and there's me somewhere who's still don't have plans for a child at 32..🙄