Rodrygo reveals he turned down the Barcelona deal before joining Madrid!

Rodrigo Jose, the winger of Real Madrid, confirmed that he was close to Barcelona when he was playing for Santos, but at that time he was waiting for an offer from the royal team, indicating that the Meringue was his priority. Speaking to Globo, Rodrygo discussed how his initial move to the club came about, revealing that he had an offer from arch-rivals Barcelona initially but chose to wait for Real Madrid to make an offer instead. "Practically everything was done with Barcelona, only signing was missing. Rodrygo has revealed the details of his move to Real Madrid, admitting he turned down the opportunity to join Barcelona in favor of a move to the Santiago Bernabeu. The Brazil international was signed by Madrid for £38.5m (€45m) in 2019 and has gone on to become an integral member of Carlo Ancelotti's side. Rodrygo has won two La Liga titles, one FIFA Club World Cup and one UEFA Champions League with Los Blancos - famously scoring two goals in the 90th and 91st minute of a Champions League semi-final clash with Man City in the year he won the latter. Rodrygo discussed how his initial move to the club came about, revealing that he had an offer from arch-rivals Barcelona initially but chose to wait for Real Madrid to make an offer instead. "Practically everything was done with Barcelona, only signing was missing. I asked my dad: 'Is there nothing from Real Madrid?' There was nothing. I asked him to wait until the end of the week because I had a game. I said ‘I’m going to break it and Real Madrid will see me," he said. Regarding his presence in Chamartín, the forward of 21 years did not doubt in elegiac to Carlo Ancelotti, the one who also will be his trainer in Brazil from the next summer. For Goes, 'Carletto' is "a phenomenon", but thinks that this season can be complicated for the club, knowing that the Italian will leave the team in June. "It can be difficult if the results do not arrive will say that the trainer is thinking in another thing",  The 22-year-old continued: "There is nothing easy in this life, no one has a perfect story, so I can put the moment we left Croatia among the moments when I felt suffering."