The royal family once had an unwritten law: no player was allowed to earn more than club symbol Raul.
Ex-Roma star Francesco Totti has once again commented on Real Madrid’s promotion of his services. The 43-year-old described in the Milan daily newspaper Libero how intensely the Spanish record champions vied for him and that he was actually about to change.
Totti said of the real heads of the club president Florentino Perez: “They offered me a lot, almost everything I wanted. I should get a contract for 25 million euros.”
Real Madrid: Nobody was allowed to earn more than Raul
He continued: “They offered me everything except the captain’s armband – because Raul was there. Raul was also the player who made the most money. He was the captain, the symbol of Real Madrid. He had to be top earners stay. Every player who came to Real had to get less. “
“80 percent” he finally had the intention to move to Madrid, said the Roma record player and scorer, who ultimately could not bring himself to leave his heart club.
Real President Florentino Perez had the in 2018 Gazzetta dello sport said: “Before I took office in 2006, I called him and asked if he wanted to come to us. But he told me he couldn’t leave Rome.”
From 1993 to 2017, the Roman-born played for the Giallorossi before he ended his career. He now works as a player consultant.
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