Madrid legend that Barça rejected for heart problems

The call 'Fifth of the Vulture' is one of the most legendary teams of the history of the Real Madrid and of the Spanish football. This team composed by players of the size of Míchel, Emilio Butragueño, Hugo Sánchez or Martín Vázquez dominated LaLiga during almost a decade and marked a before and an afterwards in the history of the group merengue. But in addition to these footballers, this equipazo had other legends like Manolo Sanchís or Rafael Gordillo.

Precisely Gordillo is the protagonist of this anédota that explains 'Sportive World' in his pages of this Friday. The canterano of the Real Betis arrived to the club madridista in the year 1985 and was there until the 1992. The carrilero left-handed added five Leagues followed, of the 1985 to the 1990, in addition to a Glass of the UEFA, 1 Glass of Rey and 3 Supercopas of Spain. His ridden by band calaron deep in the white stadium, that enamoró of the extremeño from the first day.

But what perhaps no many will know is that the 'crack' merengue could have finish in the FC Barcelona​ to having been by Josep Lluís Núñez, that had him to shot before it fichara the Madrid. The president barcelonista explained that he formed part of a study that did of possible players that could fichar his eternal rival. "I did a study of cuales were the three important players of the Spanish league with which could reinforce the Madrid. In addition to Hugo Sánchez, another was Maceda, but here the trainer said that here already had to Alexanko. And the third was Gordillo", admitted in his day.

The cause that did that the extremeño did not dress the elastic blaugrana was his heart. It seems that had a blow and the doctors of the Spanish selection advised him to the maximum mandator culé that did not go to by him because there were reasons to think that it would finish suffering an attack. "We wanted to that it came, but the doctors of the selection warned me that had a small blow in the heart and that some day could give a fright in the field", commented.

It seems that the president of the Barça never arrived to say him to the Betis because it did not launch to by the one of Almendralejo. The responsible maximum of the team verdiblanco preferred to see it in Barcelona in front of the interest of the madridistas. "I agree me of Retamero, that was the president of the Betis, that to the six of the morning called me to say me 'Pepe Luis', have to it to me fichar that these of the Madrid want to it to him carry. And I gave him long, by not to say him the reason…", explained.

Gordillo Finish triumphing in the Madrid

At the end, as it explained Núñez, Gordillo went to the Real Madrid and there, with blow in the included heart, turned into an idol. "At the end, Gordillo fichó by the Madrid and looks if it was badly of the heart that ran all his life and still runs now", aimed the ex president of the Barça with irony. The culés, by recommendation of Terry Venables, technician then, finish fichando to Steve Archibald, English forward that won the league of the 84/85, the year of his arrival.