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#2 Fati turned down Real Madrid for Barcelona
Ansu Fati may still be young, but the 16-year-old once turned down Real Madrid in order to join Barcelona. Fati's parents visited the academies of both teams, but ultimately decided that Barca was the best place for their son.
The player’s father, Bori Fati, later revealed in an interview with Spanish radio station COPE that they chose Barca over Real Madrid because the Blaugrana had a residence for the kids they signed.
"Real Madrid offered us much more money but when I went to Valdebebas [Madrid's training base], I saw that they had no residence for the kids,” Bori said, as quoted by AS.
“Although they would have put us in a house, we chose Barcelona because they did have residence for the boys.”
It’s fair to say the decision to join Barcelona has so far paid off, with Fati making his debut last Sunday for the Catalan giants.
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