Sevilla were about to bring together Marcelo with Daniel Alves. Two of the best full-backs in the history of football could have coincided in the same club. This was also confirmed by the madridista legend In a recent interview with … the content creator DjMaRiiO.
At the beginning of the year 2007Marcelo was wanted by many of the best clubs in the world. In the conversation he had with the famous YouTuber, Marcelo recounted how his time at the real Madrid: “It’s crazy. I played in the Fluminense. There were already teams that wanted (to sign me), but I had no idea, because my agent was talking to the club and stuff, but there comes a point where I discover that Madrid is interested in me. I didn’t believe it. When I went to a match camp, my agent told me that a manager or someone from Madrid was coming to see me. He wanted to know what my family was like, he asked me about my parents and such. A week later I had to go to Madrid to sign for them,” he explained.
When asked if other teams were close to signing him before signing for Madrid, the historic white number 12 revealed he was close to playing in the Andalusian capital. “I remember Someone at the club told me Sevilla were behindthat there was something big“, he said.
At the same time, he also took the opportunity to praise the Sevillian club and talk about the compatriots with whom he could have shared a locker room: “Sevilla is a great team and in his time there were many Brazilians. Luis Fabiano, Dani Alves, Adriano…». Regarding the players mentioned, the interviewer asked him what it would have been like to have played with them: “Damn, that would be…,” replied Marcelo.
In the year 2017the Carioca fullback himself explained this situation to the official media of the white club: “There were proposals from CSKA and Seville. With Seville, it was almost closed because Fluminense signed an agreement with them, but the the real Madrid I was also interested and said if it was true I would go,” he said.
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