Florentino tried to sign the former Liverpool player twice. “I do not know if I will ever regret it, but I would have regretted more if I had left,” he said. The first took place in October 2004, when in the noble zone of the white club they saw him as the cornerstone of the 2005-06 project. Later, he would be associated with whites again in 2010, but he backed out again.
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In an interview with Il Venerdì di Repubblica, the legendary Roma player explained why he rejected Real Madrid. He was thinking about it a lot, really. However, my family, my wife and my friends made me understand that I should stay here. “He also recognized that the only team that I would have gone to would have been Real Madrid.”
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Carlo Ancelotti, coach of the Real Madrid team from 2013 to 2015, dismissed the signing of the Uruguayan forward because the Italian coach believed that Benzema was a better partner for Cristiano than the Uruguayan.
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It was an open secret. The intention of the French to want to play under Zidane's orders was evident and was seen throughout the past summer. The player most desired by the coach of the white club. This summer his signing did not take place despite the insistence of Zidane. Who knows if the next …
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“I only regret not having signed for Real Madrid,” said the Frenchman in the French magazine 'So Foot'. The reasons why the midfielder in the end did not opt for Real Madrid were the mistreatment, according to the footballer himself, that Makelele suffered at the Madrid club.
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Another of those who many times has been in the pools of possible incorporations of the white club has been the German Marco Reus. During several summers the great possibility of the player landing in Chamartín was ensured. Finally the player remained in the team of his loves.
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This summer the Brazilian was close to joining the white club but Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, president of Paris Saint-Germain, asked for an amount of money that Florentino was not willing to pay. Finally, the summer soap opera ended with Neymar still in the Parisian club.
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After his good performances at Valencia, the footballer born in Grijó (Portugal) aroused the interest of Real Madrid and Barcelona. Both clubs fought to take the Portuguese during the summer but finally André opted for Barcelona.
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“Verratti wants to win titles more than money.” These words from Marco Verratti's representative made the rumors of his departure from PSG jump to the fore.
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In this case we will all remember the case of the Fax. Manchester United sent the contract late and Madrid could not enroll him in LaLiga. The bureaucracy broke the plans spun throughout the last day of transfers that summer.
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“If Madrid had been interested, obviously it would be in Madrid,” said the Argentine in front of the microphones of the press after the Champions League game that pitted Real Madrid against Manchester City. During his final stage at Atlético de Madrid, the national media assured that 'Kun' wanted to go to Real Madrid, but a gentlemen's agreement between Gil Marín and Florentino Pérez prevented it.
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During the presidency of Fernando Martín Álvarez, which lasted barely two months, in his first speech as a Real Madrid player, he explained: “We are going to be able to sign who we want. Money will not be lacking ”. Well, it was known that the Argentine midfielder was one of the main targets of the white club. Despite the negotiations “El Payasito” continued in the Valencian club.
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It was around 2010 when the Canarian midfielder dazzled in Europe when he was in the ranks of Valencia. Real Madrid was behind Silva but he opted for Manchester City because, in the footballer's own words, he needed to leave Spain. He also acknowledged not having regretted not having gone to Real Madrid: “I do not regret at all for not having signed for Madrid. I came to one of the best clubs in Europe to win titles and that's how it was ”.
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The German newspaper Bild explains that Madrid went after the Polish striker in 2013, 2015 and 2018. On all three occasions, Bayern refused the transfer. The first approach took place in 2013. Lewandowski, who at that time was still playing for Borussia Dortmund but the player already had an agreement with Bayern. The other two times the Munich bosses were blunt and refused to negotiate for their franchise player once again.
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