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The Real Madrid wanted to ficharlo

Duck confesses that it preferred the Milan to the Madrid with 17 years

Published:26/06/2017 - 19:54h

Updated:26/06/2017 - 19:54h

"I could go to the Madrid with seventeen years, but chose to the Milan", affirmed the Brazilian forward Alexandre Duck in an interview in to the that confessed the offer of the entity merengue when it was a teenager and his decision to bet by the "rossoneri" by his history

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The one who was considered like one of the forwards with more future of the Brazilian football when despuntaba in Santos and after following doing it in the AC Milan, confessed that recently that his history could be another very distinct. As in a talk for "The Gazzetta dello Sport", Alexandre Duck confessed that the Real Madrid tempted him for fichar by them when were seventeen years old of age.

"Had the possibility to go to the Real Madrid with 17 years, but chose the Milan, that in this moment was the most followed team and more winning. Now it is distinct, is another Milan", affirmed the current player of the Tianjin Quanjian of the Superliga Chinese.

A Duck that had words of praise for an exentrenador his as it was Carlo Ancelotti and Fabio Cannavaro that it chose it to form part of the Asian group. "Ancelotti Was my mentor. Cannavaro Has some alike tactical ideas, is like a greater brother. (...) Be trained by a symbol of the football is a stimulus. It could fichar to a lot of players, but chose me to me and this me enorgullece", sustained.

Finally, the forward positioned on the controversy to the rededor of the Milan and of the young goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. "Only it has eighteen years, but is a big talent and follows him an intelligent agent. If it does not renew will have his reasons, does what feels. (...) Carlo Ancelotti said me that the good players has to play with the good", explained.

The reasons of Duck to leave the Milan

"The one who is well play, further of his age. I, with 17 years, played with (the Dutch Clarence) Seedorf, (Andrea) Pirlo, (Paolo) Maldini, (the Brazilian Ricardo) Kaká and many more", added.

Finally, it explained his reasons to leave the Milan: "it Needed to have confidence in my body. Somebody, also in the Milan, said me that it no longer could play, but I knew that it was not like this. Therefore I left the Milan, had to change the way to train. In the Corinthians changed my preparation and went back to be well".

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