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fromwww.fourfourtwo.com
4 days ago

Real Madrid wanted me, but I knew they were never going to trigger my release clause' Gaizka Mendieta on the offers he got to leave Valencia

Offers came in some were rejected by the club, some by me, others jointly, Mendieta recalls to FourFourTwo. The most famous was from Real Madrid. When they became interested in 2001, I knew Valencia wouldn't let me go for less than my release clause, which was 60 million, and Real weren't going to pay that for me. If they had triggered it, the debate would have shifted: would I have gone? But it never got to that point.
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fromwww.fourfourtwo.com
1 week ago

Gareth Southgate wasn't honest with me he left me on the bench without explanation when he took over at Middlesbrough' Gaizka Mendieta on falling out with the future England boss

Gaizka Mendieta joined Middlesbrough in 2003, helped win the 2004 League Cup, then fell out with Gareth Southgate and exited by 2008.
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