THE URUGUAYAN HAD ALREADY BEEN IN LONDON
A 'great' from the Premier was about to 'steal' Valverde from Madrid
Published:24/09/2022 - 17:09h
Updated:24/09/2022 - 17:09h
Fede Valverde, today a key player in Real Madrid, could have been part of Arsenal. However, a quick performance by the whites snatched this possibility from the Londoners, who already had everything ready to sign him
From his arrival to the rows of the Real Madrid, Fede Valverde has turned into a key piece for the whites, reaching one of the best moments of his career with his played to assist to Vinicius Jr. In the past final of the Champions, in which the merengues imposed by the minimum difference in front of the Liverpool in the Stade of France.
However, his arrival to the Spanish capital was product of a series of unexpected facts. In accordance with the newspaper 'ACE', the most likely would have been that his jump to Europe gave dressing the T-shirt of the Arsenal after Francis Cagigao, member of confidence of the staff of Arsène Wenger, fixed in the young Uruguayan midfield player and saw him like a big option for the club.
In that then had 15 years of age and was a member of the football of his country with the Peñarol. After conversing with his surroundings, the player directed north of London accompanied of his mother, his brother and a representative of the 'Manya'. Valverde Was in the city during a week and could train beside the first team of the 'Gunners', as well as with the juvenile.
Later, the Valverde would return to Uruguay. It would be there where would initiate the process to carry him to British floor, with Richard Law like representative of the Arsenal and the then agent of the player, Gerardo Rabajda. Nevertheless, the footballer would not give an immediate answer in that then, since it found focused in contesting the Sudamericano sub-17 with his selection.
The irruption of the Real Madrid
Valverde Would shine in the tournament marking seven so many with the combined juvenile. The fact would arrive to the hearings of Valdebebas, where already began to receive reports on the midfield player. Immediately, they would decide to ficharle. The Arsenal would demand that already there were negotiations in course and had an offer of three million euros. But the whites put five 'kilos' on the table to do with his index card in 2016, that would become of the Castilla before his definite jump to the first team.
