Fabinho, in the last edition of FourFourTwo, He has told how his signing for Real Madrid took place, his early morning trip with Jorge Mendes to Madrid and presentation with Mourinho. It was not a presentation to use, since the Brazilian was in his pajamas when the Portuguese coach called his hotel room.
“We arrived in Portugal, but I stayed in Rio Ave for only two weeks, maybe three at most. I had a barbecue with other Brazilians and my agent called me to tell me that Real Madrid Castilla needed a right back and wanted to know if I was interested.
“Then one night, Lucio came and told me to pack my bags because Jorge Mendes was coming by car at dawn. I was hallucinating, asking ‘is something wrong?’ Nobody said a word to me, but then, at some point in the car, Mendes said that we were going to travel to Madrid and that I would sign for them.”
“We went to the hotel in Madrid, and while I was still sleeping, I woke up when someone knocked on the door. I looked through the peephole and I couldn’t believe it”
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“I called my mother in Brazil to tell her about it and she started crying. No one expected something so big to happen in such a short time. It was a very special moment for me. We headed to the hotel in Madrid, and while I was still sleeping, I woke up when someone knocked on the door. I looked through the peephole and couldn’t believe it. They were Mendes and José Mourinho! And I was still in my pajamas, I wasn’t ready to meet him. I didn’t even know what to say,” he acknowledges now years later, when he has been a member of Liverpool for more than four years.
Fabinho, from Fluminense, made the leap to Europe in the summer of 2012. Without having made his debut with Río Ave, he went on loan to Castilla. He made his debut in the Real Madrid first team, in a match against Málaga, under the command of José Mourinho. His story with the white club did not go any further, and in 2013 he went to Monaco and from there to Anfield, where he plays with stripes.