Real Madrid wanted to take one of Koeman's 'child prodigies'

Ronald Koeman is a technician that has showed that it does not fear in giving minutes to the youngsters when it considers that they can contribute more than the veterans. It insinuated it in summer, when it did without Luis Suárez, Arturo Vidal or Ivan Rakitic to bet by players of lower age and confirms it now, giving major prominence to footballers like Pedri, Óscar Mingueza or Ronald Araújo.

Precisely the central Uruguayan was one of the signings made by the FC Barcelona does a pair of seasons to a price irrisorio (did not arrive neither to the 2 million euros) and that to day of today have multiplied his value. Sergio Cabrera, his technician in Rentistas, club of Uruguay, went through the program 'Què t'hi jugues' and desveló some unknown appearances of the signing of the young head office.

Sergio Cabrera explained that Ramón Plans, ex attach of Éric Abidal and current technical secretary culé, was key to sign to Ronald Araújo. "Have a fellow in Spain that it is Paco Ors that comes a lot to Uruguay and to Argentina. It saw it and it called him a lot the attention. It commented it to him to Ramon Plans, when this was sportive director of the Getafe. I coincided with him taking a coffee in March of 2018 and asked after me he. To the three months, Plans signs by the Barça and carries it to him for there", said.

"The Real Madrid and the Athletic also were behind Ronald Araujo"

The ex trainer of Ronald Araújo explained that the Real Madrid and the Athletic of Madrid also wanted to it. "It could have gone to the Real Madrid. Have very good relation with Ramón Martínez, and in 2018 called me to ask me if Ronald Araujo was already for the first world. For me it was a lot of responsibility say him something like this and said him that it needed a previous step, maybe the filial... To the 8 or 9 days signed it the Barcelona. But the Real Madrid was behind, and have fellow people that was doing a follow-up for the Athletic of Madrid. His destination was to go to a big, and touched him the Barça", remembered.

On the other hand, Sergio Cabrera elogió the figure of Ramón Plans, that also fichó to his son Leandro Cabrera when it was technical secretary of the Getafe. "It is the soul mater of this subject. Always it repeats me the same: 'I do not forget me of your words: This boy is a sponge'. All what say assimilates it and treats to apply it. And it follows with the same humility", commented.

In fact, Sergio Cabrera even arrived to mention to Carles Puyol in a hypothetical comparison, although the Uruguayan technician thinks that to the Barcelona youngster still is missing him a lot of route. "Compare him with him is to give him a lot of responsibility. Physically they can seem. Puyol Has been a monster. To become a monster, Ronald has to win a lot of things. This no sucede of a day for another".

Sergio Cabrera also commented the facet of goleador of Ronald Araújo. "Although it is very big, is a player of fast resolution. Here it has done a lot of goals: of fault, of head, of corner... Maybe it is because before it played of forward. When him fichamos in Rentistas stood out like pivote, but saw him conditions to delay it and put it of head office", sentenced.

Ronald Araújo, step by step to the success