Roberto Carlos was one step away from Mourinho’s Chelsea in 2007

Feb 15, 2021 at 11:12 am

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After 527 games and 13 titles with the Whites, Jose Mourinho he was interested to cover his left side. Now 47 years old, he has explained what happened that summer for the Goal medium. “I had two options, Fenerbahçe or Chelsea. I ended up going to Turkey because Chelsea did not prosper, but it was very close. Everything was agreed and it only remained for me to go there and sign the contract. I even went to Paris to meet Roman Abramovich. ” Just a week after meeting the Chelsea mogul, he would end up signing for him. Fenerbahce.

Roberto Carlos does not doubt that he would have fit in perfectly in a championship like the Premier League. “I am 100% sure that I would have done well in the Premier and would have fitted with my characteristics.” Meanwhile, Mourinho did not spend much more time at the London club, as only three months later he was fired.

However, Chelsea was not the first British team to want to bring Roberto Carlos. And is that the Aston Villa He became interested in the Brazilian in 1995, when he was just a young promise of 22 years and played for Palmeiras. “They came in 1995, but they couldn’t afford the deal and I ended up at Inter”, he explained to Goal.

Finally, Roberto Carlos assured that Marcelo is the example to follow for all left backs: “I feel like I was an example to follow after what I achieved, as Marcelo is doing now at Real Madrid. People will follow Marcelo as they followed me”, concluded the Brazilian.

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