You won the treble. You scored the winning goal in the Champions League final. You've been hailed as the world's best all-round midfielder. And you won the UEFA Nations League over the summer, cementing your status as your country's most important player. Where do you go from there?
With any other player, you might worry about all that success going to their head or causing some degree of complacency. But that's just not been true of Rodri Hernandez. Yes, his 2022-23 season was stratospheric, but so far in his career, the 27-year-old has taken every giant step forward in stride, and the same is true for every setback, too.