ÁNGEL TORRES CONFESSES THE 'SECRET'
Getafe was close to changing the history of Barça by 'signing' Guardiola and Messi
Ángel Torres, president of Getafe, revealed that the 'blues' were very interested in signing Pep Guardiola just the year in which Barça promoted him to the first team. In addition, he also revealed that he was in talks to take Messi's loan
Ángel Torres, president of the Getafe, desveló in an interview for 'The Partidazo of COPE' that the history of the FC Barcelona could have been another very distinct and definitely worse. It seems that Pep Guardiola, the best trainer of the history of the Barça beside Johan Cruyff, and Leo Messi, the indisputable better player that has seen never of Barcelona, were near to play in the group getafense before beginning his careers in the first team of the picture culé.
In the first place, the owner of the 'Geta' explained how a decision was about to to leave to the Barça without the technician of the 'sextete', that built the team that better has played to the football of always. In the campaign 2007/2008, Pep was still in the filial barelonista and in the club seems that they were bending for going to by Michael Laudrup for suceder to Frank Rijkaard. The Danish did this course history with the Getafe, arriving to chambers in the UEFA, remaining went against the Bayern alone by the double value of the goals like visitor, and reaching besides the first final of Glass of the King of the entity, losing against Valencia the same. Torres explained how was all and hovers it that they were Madrilenian and Catalans to do a barter.
It was when we were in Europe. I was to the draw and was Txiki, sportive director of the Barcelona, that says me that they were thinking in Laudrup so that it was the trainer of the Barça next year. And I said: "well, as I carry me to Guardiola". And Txiki answered me: "as it speaks with him and his brother". And in to the room vip of the airport spoke of the subject", stood out. Luckily for the barcelonismo, at the end at all concretised and Pep was promoted of the filial to the first team to turn into legend. "To finals of season precipitated all and in place of Laudrup aimed to Guardiola. But before this occurred spoke with Guardiola and was had to come. It will be able to it to you explain he", explained to finish this subject.
Messi was near to play yielded in the Getafe
On the other hand, Ángel Torres explained how also wanted to Leo Messi and finish being refused. "I was with Laporta and the sportive director, Zubizarreta and the president called to the trainer, that put hit because had of drop to do not know who and said that would have minutes. But with Laporta have very good relation and were near", indicated. It is necessary to clear, nevertheless, that has to have confused deinterlocutor, since Zubizarreta did not arrive to the Barça until 2010 to be the first sportive director of Sandro Rosell.
Finally, it wanted to leave clear the a lot of that admires to Lionel Messi and the nice that has been always the Argentinian with him. "At least I have 10 T-shirts of Messi. Each season commanded me a T-shirt because it knew that it was my idol. I have spoken always well of him and had the detallazo to command me the T-shirt when it went to the Camp Nou", concluded the president of the Getafe.