Chelsea midfield maestro, Jorginho has admitted he could have gone to Premier League leaders, Manchester City.
Africa Daily News, New York recalls that when the Club world cup winners secured Jorginho’s signature from Napoli in the summer of 2018, he had been linked to Pep Guardiola’ s team the entire offseason.
Chelsea’s then manager Maurizio Sarri had celebrated the signing the Italian after narrowly securing his services.
The Brazilian-born Italian has now admitted he could have gone to City, and would love to play for Pep Guardiola one day.
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‘A bid arrived and… you don’t know, man. I’m not going to say it,’ Jorginho told Ale Oliveira.
‘No, I’m kidding. I wasn’t supposed to come to Chelsea. I was supposed to have arrived at another club. Another English club. And then it happened as it happened and I arrived at Chelsea, which also, hey, with history, that’s Chelsea, right, man.
‘So with Chelsea everything happened very fast. When I saw it, I was already in London and I said ‘let’s go’. He added: ‘But it’s not a secret. If you put it on the internet, you will find it. It’s Manchester City.’
‘I have [this dream]. I don’t know if it will [happen]. But yeah, he’s a reference. When I was a kid, watching his Barcelona [team] win everything with Ronaldinho, Xavi, Iniesta.’
Chelsea had narrowly secured a 1-nil victory at London side, Crystal Palace over the weekend after winning the Club World Cup earlier in the week.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
