Campazzo, a dream agreed with Florentino Pérez

Updated:11/22/2020 01: 33h

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It has long been proven that Florentino Pérez cares a lot about the future of the Real Madrid basketball section. One of his purposes when he returned to the club in his second stage as president was to be more on top, leaving Juan Carlos Sánchez and Alberto Herreros wide hand, but having the last word in the big decisions. So it was, for example, with the arrival of Pablo Laso to the bench, a personal bet of the president among all the options that were put on the table. That election forever changed the future of the section and of Spanish basketball, because with it the best era of the white basket in the 21st century began. Since then, Florentino has been close to the basketball locker room on many occasions. A regular at the WiZink Center and a fixture in the final stages. Honey that has also shown indoors. This is the case of Facundo Campazzo, whom he pampered in a meeting that ended up unblocking his departure from Madrid.

Because Facundo Campazzo’s farewell to the NBA has been sealed this weekend and will be official today, but it began to take shape many months ago. Specifically, at the beginning of last summer, when the player first communicated his intention to leave at the end of the season to the American league. Then, the leaders of the white club believed that they could convince the Argentine and they dedicated themselves to it for weeks, thinking that the problems derived from the start of the NBA would make him retreat and postpone his departure. They even offered to lower his clause of six million if he decided to leave next summer. They did not succeed, because the decision of the “Facu” was firm. In fact, he did not hesitate at any time and the only thing he asked the club was that they allow him to pay his clause in various installments, as had happened in previous cases such as Mirotic’s or Sergio Rodríguez’s.

In the midst of the usual tug of war in this type of operation, it was Florentino Pérez who decided to enter the scene to solve the end of the story between Campazzo and Real Madrid. The president met with the player and Juan Carlos Sánchez. He reassured the first and gave him his word that I would not trouble him to fulfill his dream and asked the head of the section to do everything possible to pave that path to the NBA. The president, yes, asked Campazzo to stay at the club until he could seal his departure and the player responded with an unusual commitment for someone who knows that his future was far from the entity. In fact, it has been the best long in this start of the year.

The rights, of Madrid

There the tension ended and the negotiations began to flow, which have resulted in an agreement advantageous for both parties. Real Madrid will have received at the end of 2020 more than two million net of the total of six to be paid by the Argentine in the next two years. Very important economic effort of the player, whose payrolls of the last four months have served to amortize part of that payment.

For its part, Madrid has also made an effort to retain the rights of the Argentine in case he decides to return to Europe. If so, the club will have the option of matching any offer the Argentine receives, something that could not be done with Mirotic or Sergio Rodríguez in his day. The doors of Madrid remain open, which was also one of the player’s wishes.

The end of the story between Madrid and Campazzo will be sealed today in the Liga Endesa duel against Baxi Manresa. Gone will be four and a half seasons of very successful relationship, which allow the Argentine to head to the NBA with ten titles on the back (three Leagues, two Euroleague, two Cups and three Super Cups). A happy five years that has catapulted him towards his dream. That of being able to play against the best in the world. I wish it seemed impossible from his short stature, but that the point guard has achieved thanks to his waste on the court, his magic in the direction and his aim with the basket.

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