Trezeguet: I was close to going to Barcelona in 2004, but Capello’s call made me stay

Hupu News on October 12 David Trezeguet, the French forward who won the World Cup with the national team in 1998, has been rumored to have affairs with Barcelona many times. In fact, he publicly recalled on more than one occasion that he was very close to it in 2004. Thanks to a phone call from Capello after joining Juventus, Trezeguet was prevented from leaving.

"I have a very close relationship with Capello. In 2004, I was close to joining Barcelona, ​​and then I got a call from him, who had just arrived at Juventus. He asked me, 'Where are you going?' I told him that I couldn't reach an agreement with Juventus, we were far apart, but after his call, I stayed," Trezeguet recalled at this weekend's Sports Festival in Trento.

"He asked me to stay, he believed in me very much. I didn't feel the need to leave Juventus: I had a good time in Turin, in such an important club. I felt like I was in the most important team in the world. Vieira, Cannavaro, Emerson also came... and the possibility of winning the Champions League has greatly increased ".

That season, Juventus still failed to win the Champions League. A year later in Paris, Rijkaard's Barcelona reached the top of European football. If Trezeguet had accepted Barcelona's offer in 2004, he could have become a member of that team, but Capello's phone call convinced him to stay in Turin, and the French player also missed out on the coveted Big Ears Cup