My Father And I Talked About If A Real Madrid Move Was Too Early – Arda Guler

Real Madrid midfielder, Arda Guler, has come out to share how Carlo Ancelotti phoned him on holiday to convince him to sign for the club. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, it felt unreal that his transfer to Real Madrid could happen so quickly, and his conversation with Ancelotti was mainly responsible for speeding things up at the Spanish club.

Guler added that while he and his dad talked about whether it was too early for him to join Madrid, he wanted the challenge.

His words, “Real Madrid. My fourth dream. I felt unreal that it could happen so quickly. That summer my dad and I had many long conversations about whether it was too early for me to go. It was actually really complicated, because we had so many other offers, and it was hard for me to decide what to do. But then I had a FaceTime call with Mr. Carlo Ancelotti.

I’ll never forget when his number came up on my screen, and the video was loading. ‘Hello, Arda. How are you?’ He was on holiday, too. The moment was so surreal that I struggle to remember the details, but I think he was wearing one of those Hawaiian shirts, and sunglasses, and maybe he even had a cigar.

He said: ‘Arda, you will have a big future here. Maybe not the first year, but you will get chances. When [Luka] Modric and [Toni] Kroos are too old, we could play you in midfield.’

Just hearing your name next to Modric and Kroos is surreal. I couldn’t speak.

Then he said: ‘Arda, promise me that you’ll come to Madrid. Promise, promise, promise.’

I said: ‘Of course, Mister.'”

WOW.

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