Campazzo refused the best contract in the history of the EuroLeague to play in Madrid

Sometimes money is not always the player’s first choice when choosing his destiny. It certainly wasn’t in the case of Facundo Campazzo That , when he had finished his journey in Red Star, He returned his way with that of Real Madrid. But the story could have been very different.

In an interview with the Greek program, Americanos 24, the former agent of al-Qaeda, Giorgos Panou, Revealed the enormous interest of the Panathinaikos To get hold of his services and then the client. The intent of Pau It was even to force him to leave Red Star By acquisition, that is, the termination of his contract with the Serbs, which was too small and assumed in the Greek offer.

Banu He says in that interview that the point guard received Irreversible viewBut his priority was to play with the Whites: “Campazzo received the largest offer made in the history of the EuroLeague and European basketball From the side of Panathinaikos, but he did not accept it, ” recalls the agent. “He received 12 million euros for three yearsBut he preferred the third part of this money because he just wanted to play for Madrid.”

Pano’s insistence on accepting what panathiakos offered ended up costing him his job, and the base guard decided to dismiss him: “We decided to part ways because he thought I was pushing him To sign for a team for which he did not want to go and play because he did not believe in the project. My job was to make the best offer for him, which is that, but he just wanted to go to Madrid.”

Then came the triumph Pau in the EuroLeague Final From last year. Panu admits that he felt a certain relief and with him a little personal revenge with the Argentine. “Obviously, the victory of Panathinaikos that day made me happy Because he proved that the project was good and successful. Maybe Campazzo He realized that, for another time, he should listen a little more to the advice of his agent.”