Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho, has admitted he turned down the chance to sign Manchester United duo, Radamel Falcao and Angel Di Maria, before they completed their moves to Old Trafford in the Summer.
The Red Devils splashed the cash on signing Di Maria from Real Madrid as they spent over £60million on his signature, whilst spending £6m for a loan-fee in order to bring Falcao in on a season-long loan from AS Monaco.
However, things could have been different for the duo as Mourinho has revealed that their agents, Jorge Mendes, offered him the chance to sign both of them before they moved to United, but it was an offer he turned down.
‘Jorge told me Di Maria and Falcao are his players and he has to find solutions for them,’ Mourinho said in the book The Key to Mendes, according to The Sun.
‘But if Chelsea doesn’t have the financial capacity to pay eight, nine or €10m a year, because of [financial] fair play, of course Mendes has to think about his players.
‘We couldn’t bring Falcao or Di Maria because I didn’t want to, either. I can’t have a player earning €10m when others earn three, four or five. That would have caused an explosion.’
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles
