Brahim Díaz, the star in the 'shadow' of Madrid who almost played for Barça

Brahim Díaz showed this past Tuesday in Leipzig that is much more that a good acting in the Real Madrid. The malagueño was to title in the gone of eighth of Champions League by the absence by injury of Jude Bellingham and finish being chosen the MVP by his golazo of the victory. The mediapunta marked a so much to Leo Messi, dribbling to a contrary and later removing of on to other two, for at the end orient it to the left and plant it near of the square of the goal of Gulacsi with a big shot with thread.

The Andalusian, therefore, gave a hit on of the table to leave clear that right now is the star to the 'shadow' of the picture merengue. Bellingham And Vinicius Jr carry almost all the headlines and Rodrygo Goes, in spite of carrying several irregular months, keeps on being indisputable for Carlo Ancelotti, but to level futbolístico Brahim is surrendering even above for example Rodrygo. The ex of the City is doing his best season like professional, having marked already 8 goals, one more than in all the past campaign in the Milan, and wants to follow progressing to reach the following level like madridista.

But what perhaps no all the world knows is that Díaz could have marked this golazo and have exploded in the FC Barcelona. The mediapunta, in 2011, when had only 12 years and already had stood out in tournaments known like the one of Brunete, was to a step to leave to The Masia to play. The newspaper 'SPORT' remembers this episode in which the culés negotiated his arrival with the father of the footballer and agreed the terms almost completely. Everything was almost fact, but to last hour the sheik of the Málaga by that then, Abdullah ben Nasser To the Thani, blocked it all offering him more money to the father of the Andalusian so that it remained .

I forget of the Barça, arrival of the City and tour of Spain

After the "no" of the father and representative of Brahim, the Barça withdrew of the bidding and forgot of this habilidoso attacker that so far seemed that it went to arrive. The one who did not lose him of sight was the Manchester City, that two years after all this, in 2013, agreed his signing by some 300.000 euros. The malagueño mudó to England, where became considered one of the big 'jewels' of the formative football English. In fact, it debuted in 2016 and had minutes of sporadic form in the first team with Pep Guardiola in the bench. At the end, after denying to renew because it wanted to play more and be more important, decided to accept the offer of the Madrid in January of 2019.

In the Bernabéu did not have too many opportunities with Zidane and therefore it decided to go out yielded to the Milan, where settled in the elite. In Saint Siro played enough and surrendered well in the seasons 2021/2022 and 2022/2023, but the feeling was that it still had not exploded his quality of the everything. Now, in his return to Madrid, the mediapunta yes is taking out all his football and is turning into a very important player for the group merengue. The question this, could have done Brahim career in the FC Barcelona to having arrived to the Masia in 2011?