Andres Iniesta was the “obsession” of Ramon Calderon during his time as president of Real Madrid.

The captain of FC Barcelona and FC Barcelona main reference of philosophy today could have a very different story if Ramon Calderon had had the money in the summer of 2007. According to José Ramón de la Morena, a Spanish journalist, that summer had Rijkaard as Barcelona coach, and they had signed Henry, Yaya Touré, and Rijkaard did not see Iniesta as what he is today.

It was when the then President made a proposal to the legendary sports writer so this will help you carry out the transfer. “I was on vacation and Ramon Calderon called me to interview the player Iniesta and the player told me he wanted to go to Real Madrid that was his dream and wanted to leave Barcelona.”

According to De la Morena, the interview would be the prelude to negotiations, since “Ramon Calderon Coined out that thanks to that, they would reach an agreement with Laporta because he could not keep it there.” Instead of paying the 60 million, it would reach an agreement with Joan for 18 or 20 million. Ramon Calderon wanted to take advantage of the uncertainty that Iniesta was leaving at the time.

In the end, both José Ramon and Ramon Calderon were convinced the president had no money that would be impossible to force his departure.