In 2004, former Portuguese star Deco almost joined Bayern Munich, but he chose Barcelona.
Deco said: "I wanted to leave Porto and received two offers from Bayern and Chelsea, I was sure I didn't want to go to Chelsea, my coach mourinho at Porto joined Chelsea and wanted to take me with me, I liked to work under his leadership, but I felt I should be independent, so I should go to Bayern, the agent told me the conditions bayern offered, everything sounded good, I already thought of myself as a Bayern player. ”
At the time, Bayern's Rummenigge said: "We are really interested in a midfielder from Portugal. Beckenbauer said: "Decaux is a candidate for Bayern and we are negotiating. ”
But after that, the situation changed dramatically, all because of his agent Mendes, at first, Barca's then-president Laporta refused to meet with Mendes because they were not interested in Deco, but after Mendes's repeated requests, Laporta finally agreed to give him a few minutes.
Laporta later recalled: "Mendes didn't say much, just took out a CD from his briefcase, which played the voices of three or forty thousand Porto fans, and they shouted, 'Oh, Deco, oh, Deco, you're the best player in the world.' Over the next few days, Mendes put this CD for me 50 times and I had to listen to it over and over again, and finally, I became so passionate about this guy that I wanted to get him. ”
Barca's involvement has driven Decaux's value up, with Beckenbauer saying: "He's starting to get more expensive." In the end, Barca signed Decaux for $21 million.
Deco said: "If Barca calls you, then, there is no other choice. ”
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