Federico Valverde has spoken about his career as a Real Madrid player, and in particular the fact that he chose to join Arsenal at the start of his career.
Captain of Real Madrid, Federico Valverde is at 26 years old one of the sure values of the Merengue midfielder, in a sector of play struggling with the end of the career of Toni Kroos and that imminent of Luka Modric. As determined as ever on the pitch, the Uruguayan is an example to follow in terms of the desire to always do more to progress. In the podcast, Univers Valdano, the native of Montevideo looked back on his professional career and in particular his signing for Real Madrid when he was only 18 years old. Nugget of CA Peñarol, the great Uruguayan club, he was spoiled for choice when finding his base in Europe. For a long time, it was Arsenal who held the rope, as he recounts in this interview with Jorge Valdano.
Arsenal didn’t want Valverde
« I was 16 and I went to London to train for a week with the first team. It was over, I said ‘Arsenal, this is my club, here, I’m going to grow’. I imagined a future there, especially since the Premier League is very popular in Uruguay. I didn’t know English but several players helped me. In the end, Arsenal didn’t sign me”summarized Federico Valverde about his short time with the Gunners, who can today bite their fingers over this choice made. Even if it is impossible to redo history, so many players failed by certain training centers or by clubs have still managed to explode due to their talent and perseverance. With already three Leagues, a Spanish Cup and two Champions Leagues, Valverde can in any case recover from his non-signing for Arsenal almost 10 years ago.
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