Alejandro Grimaldo has regularly been linked with a return to Barcelona over the years and has claimed there was a chance in the summer to move back to Catalunya in the summer.
However, the defender also
says that Real Madrid and Atletico were also keen, although in the end nothing happened and he stayed at Bayer Leverkusen.
“Did I have the option of going between Madrid and Barcelona? There are always options and things are discussed, but if they don’t work out in the end, it’s because they weren’t meant to be,” he told El Larguero.
“Sign for Real Madrid? There was always the possibility of going to Madrid with Xabi Alonso, but in the end it didn’t happen. They signed Álvaro Carreras and the opportunity to go with Xabi didn’t come up.
“Xabi Alonso and I had a few conversations when I was still at Bayer Leverkusen… but nothing beyond that. He had to get to Valdebebas and see how everything was going to get organized.”
Grimaldo went on to add: “There have been conversations with Atlético Madrid, but as you can see, practically nothing has happened.”
Barca were thought to be eager to bring in full-backs in the summer, but the club’s priorities changed and they signed Joan Garcia, Marcus Rashford and Roony Bardghji instead.
