Rodrigo told the Liverpool Echo: "I respect Rivaldo, he's always been a very good player - but I'm 26 and he's 32, my time will come. In this World Cup he shut the mouths of a lot of people because he was the biggest and most important player for us in the tournament."
He added: "In my position we have Ronaldo and Rivaldo, and all the best players are working abroad and not in Brazil.
"Now this is the moment for me to have the chance to become an international, and this will now be what is important for me because the biggest target of my life is to get into the national team."
He also said that he had settled very well at Everton, and that he felt like "part of the family".
Good stuff.