Alexander Mostovoy: “I could have gone to Real Madrid and Barca, but it didn’t work out. They thought it was illogical to buy a 30-31 year old player for 20 million” – Football

Alexander Mostova spoke about failed transfers to top clubs.

– You scoredTrue”, he scored against Barcelona, ​​but was there a moment when you were as close as possible to a move to one of these giants?

– There was a time when I could have gone to Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​​​​​but it didn’t work out because I wasn’t old enough to go.

– That is, the point is age, and not the fact that the Celt asked too much for you?

– «Celt“I asked a lot and those teams objected that it was illogical to buy a 30-31 year old footballer for 20 million. Then it was incredible.

– There was also a story with “Juventus”, what could Del Piero replace?

– Yes, there was a story with Juve, there was a story with “Liverpool”- I had already left for Anfield to sign a contract, but Celta also asked for money.

To be honest, I also didn’t want to change sunny Spain for gray England” said the ex-midfielder of the Russian national team.