Ilias Was in the radar of the Real Madrid… but preferred to return to the Barça

Ilias Akhomach (17 years) was the big surprise of the first eleven of Xavi Hernández in the bench of the FC Barcelona. The leading youngster of the filial, still in juvenile age, debuted with the first team and did it like titling. Formed in the quarry of the Barcelona club, in his day gave him the drop when happening of football 7 to football 11 and after shining again in the Gimnàstic of Manresa returned to the entity culé.

It was then when peligró his return to The Masia, due to the fact that several big clubs of Europe interested by Ilias, between them the big rival of the Barça: "The Madrid wanted to carry to Ilias", explained his agent, Horace Gaggioli in the Què t'hi Jugues of the Chain BE.

Gaggioli, that went the first agent of Lionel Messi in his arrival to Barcelona, desveló that "wanted him the Madrid and there were other teams of Europe interested, but the player chose to go back to the Barça". The quoted representative remembered the moment in which the Barcelona club gave him of drop and Ilias recaló in the team of Manresa.

"It did not square me that they gave him the drop to Ilias when it was a boy, in the life all make a mistake. I saw it play in the Gimnàstic of Manresa and thought 'how is possible?'. Jordi Roura said me that neither it understood it, and went back to the Barcelona. He wanted to go to the Barça, adores it", explained Gaggioli.

Sanctioned

With regard to the current situation and the debut in the derbi, ensures his agent that "is difficult that Ilias arrive to the cloud, has the feet on the earth. It is very grateful, but knows that he is Juvenile. It is an enormous professional". It will not be able to play in front of the Benfica due to the fact that it is sanctioned for having been expelled in the last day of the Youth League.