'Wenn Real auf dich zukommt, ist es sehr schwer, nein zu sagen': Cucurella erklärt Chelsea-Ausstieg
Der Außenverteidiger kehrt in einem 52-Millionen-Pfund-Deal nach Spanien zurück. Player gibt an, dass er ein Telefonat mit Mourinho hatte. Marc Cucurella hat zugegeben, dass er nicht erwartet hatte, Chelsea zu verlassen, und dass seine Verpflichtung für 52 Millionen Pfund bei Real Madrid in anderthalb Tagen abgeschlossen war. Der spanische Linksverteidiger verteidigte sich auch gegen die Gegenreaktion der Barcelona-Fans und bestand darauf, dass er zwar in Katalonien geboren und aufgewachsen sei und sich der ...
Full-back moving back to Spain in £52m deal
Player reveals he had telephone call with Mourinho
Marc Cucurella has admitted that he had not expected to leave Chelsea and that his £52m signing for Real Madrid was done in a day and a half. The Spain left-back also defended himself against the backlash from Barcelona fans, insisting that although he was born and raised in Catalonia and joined the Barça academy aged 14, he could not turn down Real Madrid. “I am very happy,” the 27-year-old said – if maybe not as happy as his wife, Claudia, whose entire family are Madrid supporters.
“It was all very fast,” Cucurella said from Spain’s training base in Chattanooga, Tennessee. “I got a phone call one morning. My people told me the two clubs had the terms mostly agreed and that I had to decide if I wanted to go there. I had no doubts. It is a big step for me, very important in my career. It all happened in roughly a day and a half. For me, that was the best thing, so it could be all done and I could keep my focus on the World Cup.”
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