In Real Madrid’s history, only a few South American players – who are not Argentinian or Brazilian – have been able to play their football in the first team of the Merengue club. Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia, for example, have never had a footballer from their country in the Spanish team, although in the case of the highland nation the striker did Marcelo Martins He was about to become the first, as he revealed in a recent interview.
The historic La Verde goalscorer said that during his early days at Cruzeiro in Brazil, he attracted the interest of the Madrid team through his great participation in the 2008 Copa Libertadores, where he was top scorer.
“When I started in Cruzeiro I was a goalscorer for Libertadores. “I lived one of the best moments of my career because I was young and the interest was aroused in the greats of Europe and the world came to me, several teams came, including one that I wanted: Real Madrid,” explained the striker for the YouTube channel Mate Norenia.
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If his move to Madrid had been successful, Martins would have had the opportunity to share the dressing room with Cristiano Ronaldo, who was signed in mid-2009. However, Cruzeiro did not agree to part with him, which made the player very sad.
“The only thing missing was the signature. This is a story that I keep in mind because I don’t know how my career would have turned out if I had been at Real Madrid. That wasn’t possible. “It was a wish I had.” Back then. The club (Cruzeiro) decided not to sell me and that was very sad for me. I cried with my dad and my family for a few days because I was really waiting for this opportunity,” the 36-year-old added. year-old attacker.