Real Madrid president Florentino Perez
has hit out at Manchester United for waiting eight hours before they
responded to the Spanish club’s offer for David De Gea.
Sky Sports quotes the Madrid supremo saying United’s inexperience as with previous transfers is what led to the failed move for De Gea adding that the English club is a disgrace.
The two super giants reportedly agreed a £29.5m deal for De Gea
included with Keylor Navas on the final day of the summer transfer
window was the final documents arrived Madrid’s fax in Spain 28 minutes
after the deadline.
Madrid and United have since issued statements related to the deal which La Liga has said Madrid’s version of the failed move was closer to accuracy than United’s.
Perez allegedly said: “They said that just to get in good (with the supporters). It is just to say we offered them that but Real Madrid rejected it.
“But the paperwork arrived later. It was out of time. We sent to La Liga anyway, we spoke with the president and with a chief from UEFA but we saw it was impossible. Their offer (to try to help us to get the deal done) was from someone without experience.
“I think they didn’t have bad intentions. I think they just lacked experience. It already happened to us (two seasons ago) with Fabio Coentrao and also happened to Athletic Bilbao with Ander Herrera (the summer before the Spanish midfielder made the move when David Moyes was in charge).
“When this happens more than once and you see that all the operations that, according to the media, they have tried to do during the summer (which didn’t go through), one believes that this happened because it is a new team with no experience.”
Perez continued: “It was a disgrace. I do not want to blame anyone, but we do not understand why they took eight hours to check the contracts or that they didn’t open negotiations until 12 hours before the deadline.”
And he added: “In half an hour, we agreed everything. We sent them the paperwork at 1.30pm and it took eight hours for them to return it. I do not think they did it with malice.
“They probably would be very busy but one thing that you can do in an hour takes eight (hours) for them. We, Real Madrid and FIFA have proof but we do not want to make it public.”
Meanwhile, Pedro Rodriguez, Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez and De Gea have slammed Louis Van Gaal for his transfer antics. Pedro slammed the coach for his treatment of Valdez while De Gea is reportedly “pointing the finger at Louis van Gaal and the Old Trafford hierarchy for leaving him in limbo”.
Sky Sports quotes the Madrid supremo saying United’s inexperience as with previous transfers is what led to the failed move for De Gea adding that the English club is a disgrace.
Spanish president of Real Madrid Florentino Perez (Photo credit should read JAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images)
Madrid and United have since issued statements related to the deal which La Liga has said Madrid’s version of the failed move was closer to accuracy than United’s.
Perez allegedly said: “They said that just to get in good (with the supporters). It is just to say we offered them that but Real Madrid rejected it.
“But the paperwork arrived later. It was out of time. We sent to La Liga anyway, we spoke with the president and with a chief from UEFA but we saw it was impossible. Their offer (to try to help us to get the deal done) was from someone without experience.
“I think they didn’t have bad intentions. I think they just lacked experience. It already happened to us (two seasons ago) with Fabio Coentrao and also happened to Athletic Bilbao with Ander Herrera (the summer before the Spanish midfielder made the move when David Moyes was in charge).
“When this happens more than once and you see that all the operations that, according to the media, they have tried to do during the summer (which didn’t go through), one believes that this happened because it is a new team with no experience.”
Perez continued: “It was a disgrace. I do not want to blame anyone, but we do not understand why they took eight hours to check the contracts or that they didn’t open negotiations until 12 hours before the deadline.”
And he added: “In half an hour, we agreed everything. We sent them the paperwork at 1.30pm and it took eight hours for them to return it. I do not think they did it with malice.
“They probably would be very busy but one thing that you can do in an hour takes eight (hours) for them. We, Real Madrid and FIFA have proof but we do not want to make it public.”
Meanwhile, Pedro Rodriguez, Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez and De Gea have slammed Louis Van Gaal for his transfer antics. Pedro slammed the coach for his treatment of Valdez while De Gea is reportedly “pointing the finger at Louis van Gaal and the Old Trafford hierarchy for leaving him in limbo”.
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