Maxi López Reflects on Relationship with Ronaldinho and Messi at Barcelona

Maxi López spoke about his relationship with Ronaldinho and Messi

“When I arrived at Barcelona I was the only Argentine. Leo started to climb and train with us. When they realized that he was ignoring the kicks of 30-year-old kids, they said: ‘This kid has to be here.’ That’s where he started.” Maxi López, today a businessman (he is one of the owners of Birmingham in England) recalled his career as a footballer and focused on his time at Barcelona. And in his bond with the captain of the world champion Argentine team and with Ronaldinho, two stars with whom he had the honor of playing.

“We had barbecues at home, we played Play. When she took the first steps she called her father, he asked her permission. We had a fantastic locker room. Ronaldinho took us under his wing, he helped us a lot, continued the former attacker, 39, in dialogue with DSports.

“Leo was always faithful to his roots, his way of thinking, and authentic. The difference is that he always had his family,” he added. That role of “big brother” that he assumed implied protecting him, even from temptations. It is known that, along with his talent and his profile as a positive leader, Dinho liked recreation…

“When the phone rang and it was Ronaldinho… You couldn’t say no to him. At least for me it was very difficult. What time did he call? To anybody. You had to follow it. He was the undercover captain, the one who pulled all the strings inside the locker room,” said the striker who emerged from River Plate, who clarified that the young Messi did not enter into those raids.

“Leo was little and had to be taken care of, he was 16 years old. We could take those called before 10 p.m., but not afterward,” he concluded.

Maxi López, Messi and Ronaldinho

OTHER SENTENCES BY MAXI LÓPEZ

His opinion on River’s present

“I follow River closely, he grew a lot. I really liked that in this new championship they have brought out such young boys and that they are already trained in the first team. Because the fundamental resource of Argentine soccer is the youth players and it speaks well of the river youth teams, because they brought kids of 16, 17, 18, even 21 years old to the team. “I really liked that policy of the club leadership and the coach.”

Would you have played in Boca?

“Always with a lot of respect, but I wouldn’t have gone to Boca. I grew up in the bowels of River, I learned the whole story; with respect, but no.”

His experience in a Boca-River: his unforgettable Superclásico in the 1-0 in La Bombonera in 2004

“For the River fan, River-Boca is the best. It is an experience, as players, to go to Boca’s field and win, it is nice. When it was my turn, there were 15,000 people from River, it was an incredible spectacle.”

2024-03-20 22:20:18
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