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The center-back was determined to return to the club where he was trained.
Sergio Ramos has been one of the major additions in LaLiga EA Sports, especially for Sevilla, which needed reinforcement in its defense and has welcomed back a homegrown talent.
This could have been different if the Camas native had accepted the lucrative offers he had on the table, especially the one from Besiktas, as stated by President Serhan Çetinsaya.
We worked hard to finalize Ramos’ transfer. We had an agreement, but it didn’t materialize. As a Besiktas fan, I would have loved to see him here. We negotiated for 18 or 19 days. Money was secondary. Ramos received another offer of 27 million euros net, but he didn’t even consider it.
During these negotiations, Guti contacted the player himself. He spoke with Ramos on our behalf. He was an exceptional role model. On the evening of Monday, August 21, we received the message ‘Congratulations to Beşiktaş’ for the transfer. Ramos gave us the green light. We even discussed bonuses for his agent. We prepared the contracts through our lawyers and sent them over. We were invited to his house in Madrid to complete the remaining procedures and bring Ramos to Turkey. We talked for a long time about how much money we would pay if he scored more than 25 goals. He asked for a high amount because he believed he would score 25 goals.
Serhan Çetinsaya also clarified that they were by no means the only club that pursued Ramos. “Six clubs competed for Sergio Ramos. Galatasaray was among them. When we started negotiating, it was impossible for him to sign with a team that didn’t play in the Champions League, but we managed to convince him. Although Sergio Ramos wanted a 2-year contract, we agreed on a 1+1 contract. At the end of the first year, we had the right to unilateral termination. We promised him 4 million euros, 1 million for signing and 6 million euros to be paid by a sponsor in exchange for shooting a commercial. Faced with the possibility of not finding a sponsor, our president had doubts about those 6 million, and we withdrew from the transfer at the decision of our president.
