Wesley Sneijder has pulled a ‘Steve McManaman’ after stubbornly
refusing to leave Real Madrid and persistently declaring his desire
to fight for his place in the team.
According to AS, Los Blancos’ bosses are now ready to
consider the option of keeping the 25-year-old at the Santiago
Bernabeu after struggling to find a buyer willing to meet the
player’s demands as well as dish out €27 million in transfer
fees.
Madrid had considered including Sneijder in the Kaka deal to
lower the mammoth €67 million transaction, but the Dutchman
insisted that he had “no intentions to leave Real Madrid”.
The ‘White House’ then wanted to offer his services plus €25m to
sign Maicon from Inter, a deal that the Nerazzurri supposedly would
have accepted, but again Sneijder refused to leave the Spanish
capital.
And it was no different when Madrid tried to lure Franck Ribery
away from Bayern Munich. The German outfit were interested in the
Oranje midfielder, but he declared that he did not want to play in
the Bundesliga.
Sneijder joined Los Blancos from Ajax in 2007. He has made 51
league appearances for the Spanish behemoths, tallying 13
goals.
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