Juventus didn't want to sell me to Real Madrid, says Zidane
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French superstar Zinedine Zidane has revealed that Juventus didn't want to transfer him to Real Madrid in 2001.
Zidane was sold to the Spanish champions for a world record transfer fee believed to be around £45.6 million.
The Frenchman had given evidence regarding the Calciopoli scandal which involved former Juventus directors Luciano Moggi, Roberto Bettega and Antonio Giraudo, who were all involved in the deal that took Zidane from Turin to the Spanish capital.
Now, some of the conversation Zidane had with Moggi's solicitors Andrea and Michele Gallasso in a hotel room near Turin's Caselle airport has been published by La Stampa.
"The Juventus directors maintained a negative attitude regarding the move," Zidane is quoted as saying by La Stampa.
"The relationship between my agent Alain Migliaccio and the club started to crack.
"Then we spoke to one of Moggi's solicitors D'Onofrio who had good relationships with Bettega, Giraudo and Moggi, and his intervention was the factor which determined the outcome."
Zidane was sold to the Spanish champions for a world record transfer fee believed to be around £45.6 million.
The Frenchman had given evidence regarding the Calciopoli scandal which involved former Juventus directors Luciano Moggi, Roberto Bettega and Antonio Giraudo, who were all involved in the deal that took Zidane from Turin to the Spanish capital.
Now, some of the conversation Zidane had with Moggi's solicitors Andrea and Michele Gallasso in a hotel room near Turin's Caselle airport has been published by La Stampa.
"The Juventus directors maintained a negative attitude regarding the move," Zidane is quoted as saying by La Stampa.
"The relationship between my agent Alain Migliaccio and the club started to crack.
"Then we spoke to one of Moggi's solicitors D'Onofrio who had good relationships with Bettega, Giraudo and Moggi, and his intervention was the factor which determined the outcome."
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