When he signed for Real Madrid in 2007, Royston Drenthe was considered one of the best young players in world football. However, he was unable to deliver in his potential, because he only knew 59 performances for the club before his departure five years later.
This week Drenthe spoke about the wild project, and one of the topics he discussed was that move to Real Madrid, according to Diario ALS.
“Before he signed for Real Madrid, Barcelona me, also Chelsea, but they wanted me to stay in Feyenoord for a year and I wanted to leave immediately, so I decided that I would rather go to Real Madrid because, although almost my Barcelona family was – because of Ronaldho, because they were still a king – Ronaldo and he was still and he and he was still a ronaldo and and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he and he was still a king. I wanted to play where Beckham, Ronaldo and Zidane had been. In the Netherlands they call me a legend only because they played for Real Madrid. That is why I rejected Barcelona because I knew that Real Madrid was a historic club. “
Drenthe also opened his departure in 2012, in which he criticized the behavior on the then manager Jose Mourinho.
“In the preseason in Los Angeles I and Marcelo played. Marcelo was injured and I had to play the entire preseason. Everything went well. I don't know why they were going to sign Fabio Coentrão. Mourinho told me: “If you train like this, you don't have to worry.” Everything was fine. But in the last three days of the camp, Valdano came and told me it was better if I left. It was not the coach, it was Valdano. The coach did not have the balls to tell me. He told me it had nothing to do with him. That phase ended in a sad way, but I have a good memory because I learned a lot. “
Drenthe, who was in Spanish football in 2023, also claimed that he was racist abused by Lionel Messi during a loan in Hercules.
“In a game when I was in Hercules, against Barcelona, Messi called me as ***** n *****. Then he told me that the Argentinian players among them were called s ***** b *****, it was a normal thing for them, for example they said it to Garay and it didn't care, but they should understand that a boy did not like it. It is not the same if my friends told me in the training, then if a rival told me. After that we did not talk about it anymore, the problem has passed. I have a lot of respect for him because he has been one of the best players in the world. “
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