Turan lifts lid on move from Atletico Madrid to Barcelona: I almost joined Man Utd

Arda Turan has lifted the lid on his move from Atletico Madrid to Barcelona.

The former Turkey international’s switch, however, would quickly sour.

“My agent, Ahmet Bulut, didn’t tell me I had signed for Barcelona. He said I would find out 15 days after… I was thinking that I was going to Bayern because a year before, my transfer to Manchester United fell apart at the last minute.

“The document fell out of his bag and I saw Barcelona‘s logo on top of the paper. I couldn’t believe it. Ahmet said, ‘come here, come here, look at the documents.’ I was not sad that I was going to Barcelona.”

He added: “(Ernesto) Valverde didn’t give me any minutes.

“I was the one who had given the most assists behind (Lionel) Messi and (Luis) Suárez the year before.”

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