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Atlas: Rafa Márquez remembers curious anecdote about his move to Monaco

Although Rafael Marquez is one of the greatest figures in the Barcelona and of the Mexican team, the youth squad of Atlas Reds revealed a little secret about what happened before his move to the old continent.

During an interview through Instagram Live with Andrés Cantor, a journalist from Telemundo, Rafa Márquez declared that he did not know who he was or where the Monaco, when some club viewers called him to play with the principality team.

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“I was so ignorant back then that they asked me‘ do you want to go play Monaco? Look, we are managers of Monaco, we came to see another player, but we are interested in seeing your opinion, if you want to go there, ’and I asked him‘ but where is Monaco? ’





“They said to me ‘well, look, it’s France but it’s not France, it’s Europe’, and I‘ is it Europe?

then yes I go ’, I had no idea back then, I was a bit ignorant.

“The Kaiser” also revealed that his transfer occurred directly between both teams, since there were no intermediaries between Monaco and the Red and Black of the Atlas.

“I give you direct contact with the president of the Atlas, at that time it was Alberto de la Torre”

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