Steven Gerrard
Florentino tried to sign the former Liverpool player twice. “I don’t know if one day I will regret it, but I would have regretted it more if I left,” he assured. 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 the whites again in 2010, but he backed down again.
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Totti
In an interview with Il Venerdì di Repubblica, the legendary Roma player explained why he rejected Real Madrid. He’s been 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 I would have gone to would have been Real Madrid”.
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Luis Suarez
Carlo Ancelotti, coach of the Real Madrid team from 2013 to 2015, rejected the signing of the Uruguayan striker because the Italian coach believed that Benzema was a better partner for Cristiano than the Uruguayan.
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Paul Pogba
It was an open secret. The Frenchman’s intention of wanting to play under Zidane was evident and was seen throughout last summer. The player most desired by the coach of the white club. This summer his signing did not take place despite Zidane’s insistence. Who knows if the next…
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patrick vera
“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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Marco Reus
Another of those who has often been in the pools of possible incorporations of the white club has been the German Marco Reus. For several summers, the great possibility of the player ending up in Chamartín was assured. Finally the player continued in the team of his loves.
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Neymar
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 soap opera of the summer ended with Neymar continuing in the Parisian club.
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Andre Gomes
After his good performances at Valencia, the footballer born in Grijó (Portugal) aroused the interest of Real Madrid and Barcelona. Both clubs struggled to take the Portuguese during the summer but finally André opted for Barcelona.
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Marco Verratti
“Verratti wants to win titles more than money.” These words from Marco Verratti’s representative made the rumors of his departure from PSG come to the fore.
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De Gea
In this case we will all remember the case of the Fax. Manchester United sent the contract late and Madrid could not sign him up for LaLiga. The bureaucracy broke the spun plans throughout the last transfer day of that summer.
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Kun Aguero
“If Madrid had been interested, obviously I would be at Madrid,” said the Argentine in front of the press microphones after the Champions League match between Real Madrid and 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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Paul Aymar
During the presidency of Fernando Martín Álvarez, which barely lasted two months, in his first speech as a madridista he explained: “We are going to be able to sign whoever we want. Money will not be missing.” Well, it was known that the Argentine midfielder was one of the main objectives of the white club. Despite the negotiations being carried out, ‘El Payasito’ continued in the Valencian club.
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David Silva
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, according to the footballer himself, he needed to leave Spain. He also acknowledged not having regretted not having gone to Real Madrid: “I don’t regret not signing for Madrid at all. I came to one of the best clubs in Europe to win titles and that’s how it has been”.
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Lewandoski
The German newspaper Bild explains that Madrid went for the Polish striker in 2013, 2015 and 2018. On all three occasions, Bayern refused the transfer. The first rapprochement occurred 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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