Posted on October 25, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. by AM
Recruited during the summer of 2019, Rodrygo joined Real Madrid for a check of 45M €. But FC Barcelona was well in the game.
For several seasons, Real Madrid decided to launch a new project through recruitment focused on young players. With this in mind, the merengue club recruited Vinicius Junior then Rodrygo . The latter landed from Santos against a check of 45M € in 2019. And yet, André Cury , former recruiter of Barça in Brazil, reveals that Rodrygo was very close of FC Barcelona .
Rodrygo was promised at Barça
“I never spoke about Rodrygo, but when they betrayed us with Vinicius, I told them I had a more complete player : Rodrygo. We had everything sorted out with Rodrygo, but we didn't sign him because Barca didn't want to. His father was good to us. Óscar Grau and Pep Segura were in the office of President de Santos, but we did not close the deal. Barça did not want to sign him. And then Madrid went to look for Rodrygo ”, he confides Què T'hi Jugues on the Cadena SER.