Not many players pass up the opportunity to play for the most successful side in Europe and the chance to become a ‘Galactico,’ but on occasion, a star rejects the move, much to the annoyance of Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.
Kylian Mbappe shocked the world of football by turning down the chance to move to Real Madrid in 2022, instead renewing his contract with Paris Saint-Germain, but we suspect that the French World Cup winner was just delaying an inevitable move to the Bernabeu.
We’ve taken a look at some other stars who rejected a move to the Spanish capital – for good.
“My agent spoke with Real Madrid, and everything was on the right track,” Suarez recently recounted in an interview with La Mesa.
“They were thinking about selling Benzema to Arsenal, everything was already done.”
“When the World Cup started, Barcelona came into the race, and obviously I preferred Barcelona.
“With the situation of the bite, Madrid lost interest, and Barcelona became more interested. In the end I had both options and I chose Barcelona because it was my dream.”
The Spanish striker, who went on to become a legend at Barcelona, could have had a very different career as Real Madrid tried to buy him from Valencia in 2008.
Villa rejected the move to stay at Mestalla and Real Madrid manager Bernd Schuster accused him of having no ambition.
“Footballing ambition is not about your mouth, it is about your feet. You can accuse me of lots of things – of having a bad day, of missing chances, of many things – but I have always had ambition and always will have,” Villa responded.
“I think I have proved that on the pitch with Zaragoza, Sporting, UD Langreo, and the national team.”
He joined Barcelona just two seasons later, proving that he just simply
Read on m.allfootballapp.com