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The athletic director of AS Rome the Spanish Ramón Rodríguez Verdejo "Monchi", said Tuesday that the fact that the Brazilian Malcom Filipe Silva de Oliveira signed for Barcelona despite an agreement previously concluded with the whole Roman is "complicated to understand".
Roma announced Monday an agreement with Bordeaux for the signing of Malcolm, one of the best heats of the last Ligue 1, but the French club blocked the negotiation with the Italian team after receiving a more advantageous economic proposal from Barcelona.
"What happened with Malcom is easy to explain, but complicated to understand, he was a player who loved sports management a lot, he was in line with the profile we are looking for," Monchi said. in an interview with the official television of Rome.
The Spanish director explained that he began negotiating with Bordeaux for Malcolm a week ago and that he reached the agreement Monday at 17:00 local time.
"The negotiation was over, we even had permission and permission for the player to travel to Rome for the medical examination, I had a plane at 21:00." We are working and we will find a player who wants to come to Rome and be equal or better than Malcom. "
A few hours later, when he heard the rumors On the possible interest of Barcelona to Malcolm, Monchi called the President of Bordeaux, the Frenchman Stéphane Martin, who confirmed that the Barça club had made a higher bid compared to that of Rome.
"I told him that We already agreed, that everything was closed. But he said that nothing had been signed yet and that, although we have already sent the documents, nothing could be done, "said Mr. Monchi
" I am sorry for what happened I think society has done more. of what had been agreed with Bordeaux. The President of Rome, I want to emphasize, wanted to raise the offer, but when the negotiation became an auction, we decided to leave, "he added.
He added:" Who wants to sign for Rome? Who does not want to sign for us, is not fair. We are working and we will find a player who wants to come to Rome and who is equal to or better than Malcom. "
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