Maxi López confesses why Barça wanted to sign him

In December of 2004, Henrik Larsson, forward of the FC Barcelona, suffered a grave injury of knee that would do him lose the rest of the season. In the market of signings of winter of this same campaign, the club culé opted for launching to by another forward that could assume this role of revulsivo in a staff in which they were Ronaldinho, Samuel Eto'or or Ludovic Giuly.

In spite of that tantearon names like Vincenzo Iaquinta or Frédéric Kanouté, these were descartados for being too expensive. It is thus that arrived Maxi López, a corpulento and leading youngster Argentinian that hardly initiated his career in River Plate. In program 90 minutes of Football, of Fox Sports, confessed that the reason by which the Barça wanted to ficharle was a split Mouth-River in which it went out .

"In the party in the Bombonera exploded mediáticamente, consecrated me in Argentina. In this championship the club decided to give me the space, this classical was the most important of my career, by the feelings and for being inflates of River. The Lean Schiavi said that between him and this party sold me to the Barcelona", admitted Maxi Gómez, on a signing practically lightning.

"Ronaldinho pateaba The door of my house so that it went out and integrated me"

Besides, the ariete Argentinian explained that the figure of Ronaldinho was very important for his integration in the Barcelona team, since it treated him with a lot of vicinity and treated to help him at all times. "I arrived to the Barcelona in my first experience in Europe to a plantel with a lot of important players and seated me at the side of Ronaldinho", explained.

"It helped me inside and outside of the field. It came home and me pateaba the door because in the first months cost me integrate me, go in in the dynamics of everything, and came me to look for, carried me to eat... It carried me of here for there", it added the ex Barcelona forward. Ronaldinho, known by the joy that gave off was and inside the field, also was a key piece to level of integration.

Besides, Maxi López confessed that the Brazilian was used to to have a deal seemed with infinity of players that arrived to the staff. "Ronaldinho Always went like this, did it with me, with Messi, always with an incredible joy. With him we are still in contact, with Rafa Márquez, Giuly, Thiago Motta, Belletti... We arm a good group for real, further of what attain in the field", sentenced.

His goal to Chelsea, very remembered

During his stay in the Camp Nou, did not have too many opportunities of game and happened quite unobserved, but yes had a moment stellar like his goal to Chelsea in eighth of final of the Champions League. It was the gone, the 'blues' won by 0-1 and the Argentinian went out from the bench to put the 1-1 and give the assistance of the 2-1 to Samuel Eto'or. Unfortunately, Chelsea finish tracing back in Stamford Bridge (4-2) and happening to chambers.