WHEN HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD
What happened to the English 'jewel' that Barça wanted to sign in 2006?
Published:26/09/2022 - 22:13h
Updated:26/09/2022 - 22:13h
FC Barcelona had practically 'tied' John Bostock in 2006, but he ended up signing for Tottenham two years later at a rate of two million euros. His story has taken several turns
They are many the histories of signings 'frustrated' that, by different reasons, could not concretise. The FC Barcelona has a few and recently, after an interview spread by the 'BBC', has remembered the case of the English John Bostock, the one who could arrive to the club of the City Condal with an agreement of 'stars', put the club wanted to 'tie it' by ten seasons. In this moment, were 14 years old.
His idol was Ronaldinho and from the Barcelona entity did him llechar a poster with the signature of the footballer as 'strategy' to try his possible signing so that it joined to The Masia. For this moment, teams like the Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool had showed interest in which, for this moment, was one of the big 'perlas' of the English football.
He same has confessed it in a recent interview to the 'BBC', with statements collected by 'ACE': "When it were 14 years old, the Barcelona offered me an agreement of 10 years. Ronaldinho Was my favourite player in this moment, so they sent me a poster signed by him. It said: 'For John, of Ronaldinho'. Still I have it in my house in London", confirming that "you say the club that say, there was interest. Barça, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, etc., the best of the European football".
However, being so young, his parents did not want that it abandoned London. It was in the inferior categories of Crystal Palace and, two years afterwards, in 2008, finished concretising his signing by the Tottenham, that paid two million euros in this moment. It happened five years in the club, but did not reach to debut with the first team and, in 2013, did his cases to leave .
It did not reach to triumph
"My family and my agent thought that the best for me was to go to the Tottenham. The plan, the configuration, the players with which would train. They thought that it would be the best for my development. If I am honest, really did not have voice. It were 15 years old, I saw paper on the table and said me that it signed it", confessed, adding that "perhaps the big arrepentimiento did not go not even join to the Barcelona, but leave the Palace".
Now, with 30 years, finish to terminate his agreement with the Doncaster Rovers, that this summer descended to the fourth division of England (League Two). On the way, it has played in 14 different teams in England, Canada, Belgium, France or Turkey.
