Getafe was able to avoid the glorious era of FC Barcelona
Last modified February 24, 2024 by Drafting Fesp
Seeing how he is today FC Barcelona It is normal for many fans to look back and look with nostalgia at the glorious era of Guardiola Y Messi, a stage that could not have occurred if in the Getafe they would have gotten away with it.
And it is popular that at the time the azulón team was very interested in giving the opportunity to a young man Guardiola who continued to cut his teeth in modest football, by the hand of Barça B.
Getafe was about to get in the way of Barça's golden era
The decline of, If anyone had any doubt if this rumor was true or not, the president of Getafe, Angel Torres, was responsible for confirming it recently on the program 'The Great Match of COPE' with Juanma Castaño:
“We were in Europe.”, We went to the draw and Txiki was there, who told me that they were thinking about training the Barça in Laudrup and I said I would talk to Guardiola. We met one morning in the airport VIP lounge, but everything rushes, throw out Rijkaard and instead of Laudrup, they choose Guardiola. I was willing to come to Getafe”, He stated completely convinced Angel Torres.
He had tried it before with Messi
In said interview in 'El Partidazo', the director of the Getafe, apart from confessing that he tried to sign Guardiola, He also commented that he has an excellent relationship with Joan Laporta, current president of Barcelona and that he also held that position when Leo messi broke into the first team. But that irruption almost didn't happen., since Angel Torres He also commented that in his day, with Alfredo Duro as sports director, They tried to obtain the transfer of the Argentine:
“I also asked Messi a Laporta. I was with Laporta Y Zubizarreta and they said that Rijkaard I was going to give him minutes; but we were close. He lacked nothing. Alfredo Duro was with me as sports director. Was a 18 of August. I have at least 10 shirts of Messi. He sent me one every year because he knew he was my idol., I had a very good relationship. When I went to Camp Nou “He gave it to me in my hand.”.
You have to see how the history of football could have changed if finally Messi Y Pep Guardiola would have ended up in the Getafe.
