EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City are looking to bounce back from their shocking form last season, and top adult star Elle Brooke is pining her hopes on one very pivotal player
17:00, 17 Aug 2025
Rodri is key for City
Rodri is key for City(Image: Getty Images)
Top adult star Elle Brooke's love for Manchester City is well known. And despite their horrific season last time out, she has stuck by them.
They finished third, 13 points behind eventual winners Liverpool – and finished trophy-less. But having made several decent signings, including Tijani Reijnders, Rayan Cherki and . . . for some reason, ageing goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli, there's a more positive vibe around the club.
However, speaking exclusively to the Daily Star on our YouTube channel, Elle pondered how the new season would go and claimed that it all hinged on one very specific player.
She said: “Well, Rodri's back and he's core for the team, so I think we'll do a lot better.
She's a huge City fan
She's a huge City fan(Image: Elle Brooke)
“We've been amazing for so long – you win some, you lose some, you know.”
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Elle's comments were made shortly before Rodri was reported to be injured (again), however, he was pictured in training earlier this week and manager Pep Guardiola confirmed that he'll be back in the team soon – just not in time for the club's opening fixture against Wolverhampton Wanderers tomorrow night.
He said: “He has trained better in the last few days. Hopefully after the international break, he will be really fit. Hopefully in these games, he can play some minutes, but what is important is that he doesn’t have pain because we don’t want Rodri coming back injured. We will try desperately to avoid that.”
The last time Elle Brooke gave us a pre-season prediction, back in August 2022, it didn't really work out well. She claimed to be interested in one specific player – who has just left the club.
He's currently injured . . . again
He's currently injured . . . again(Image: Getty Images)
“Jack Grealish,” she said. “I'd love to go on a date with Jack Grealish because he has great hair, and I think he's got like the nicest calves ever. And I'd just love to chat to him.
“I like his Brummie accent and I've never been a fan of Birmingham accents, except for him. He actually liked my pics on Instagram recently, so I'll be like, 'Okay, so why didn't you DM me?'.
“I've got a lot of questions for him!”
Well, if she wants a date with him now, she'll have to trek to Liverpool as the former £100m man has just joined Everton on a season-long loan, with a view to a £50m permanent transfer next summer.
Maybe Elle shouldn't make football predictions any more . . .
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