“Real Madrid Offered More Money, But For Me The Important Thing Was To Play At Camp Nou” Barcelona New Signing Reveals

Written By Onyeka Daniel

The rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona is always present in the Spanish League, as they’re either competing for trophies or for players.

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In the just concluded season, Real Madrid got the better of their rival by winning the Spanish La Liga title and also the UEFA Champions League, but Barcelona seem to have gotten one over them recently.

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The Blaugrana did beat the Los Blancos to the signing of young talented midfielder, Pablo Torre as the two clubs were in the running to sign the player before he picked Barcelona over Madrid.

The 19-year-old is widely regarded as one of the most promising young talents in the country and is coming on the back of a successful season as he helped Racing achieve promotion to La Liga 2, finishing with ten goals and ten assists apiece from 33 matches.

The deal was agreed during the January transfer window and he would join up with his new club for the coming season. Torre will be linking up with Barcelona and is expected to be part of their B team for the upcoming campaign.

However, he will be involved in the pre-season with the senior squad and could be drafted into Xavi’s plans if he makes a big impression. In an interview, Torre revealed how the Catalans were able to convince him, especially with the video call he had with Barcelona coach, who explained the club’s project to him.

“It was quick. My representative told me, because he contacted Mateu Alemany. I was concentrated with the national team in Las Rozas and that’s when they told me that I had a video call with Xavi. He explained the project to me,” Torre said.

“I spoke with Madrid, but in the end my dream was to play and hopefully succeed at Barça. “Madrid offered more money, but for me the important thing was to play at Camp Nou and, above all, the sports project that it offered me. It was clear to me since he called me the first time.” He further added.

He also revealed that Xavi spoke to him as if he were his son, during their conversation.

Meanwhile…

Juventus could be forced to look elsewhere for a striker as Spanish La Liga side, Atletico Madrid aren’t ready to lower their €35 million price tag on their player Alvaro Morata and they’re said to be looking at Manchester City striker, Gabriel Jesus and Chelsea striker, Timo Werner as alternatives.

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Morata joined the Bianconeri on a two years loan deal and a loan fee of €20 million was agreed, with another fee to make it a permanent deal, taking the total fee to €55 million.

While the player has been important for the club, they feel he’s not worth that amount and are seeking a discount, an idea the Los Rojiblancos aren’t ready to entertain. It is still unclear if Atletico plan to keep the player or sell him off, but it’s pretty much obvious that they don’t plan to bulge from their valuation of the player.

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