Rodri wants to become a better leader for Manchester City this season.
After signing a new contract with the club, the Spanish midfielder has outlined his ambition to improve his leadership.
And with Fernandinho departing as club captain, Rodri knows he must step up for his team.
"I think I can improve. I'm 26 and see myself as getting even better," he said.
"When I speak with my friends and the team I say that if I can do the same as last season then that's great - but I can see myself getting better. I want to improve every season. Every year has got better since I arrived.
"The first year I came you adapt to your position and the second year you start growing up. The third year you are consolidated in the team, and now I feel that I control all aspects of the game. I can grow. I had to adapt to the manager and the club and now I can grow as a player."
He added: "I don't know as a role of a captain physically. That is the gap I have to improve in the most. We don't have many leaders because players like Vincent, David, Sergio, Fernandinho are gone and they were at the club for so many years.
"Now we have to take that role on. Ruben has done it. I feel that it can be my role, more on the pitch than outside the pitch. But that is the gap where I can improve.
"The players who play through the middle have a better view of everything. It's easier there to organise."
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