Agent: Barcelona wanted to sign Del Piero, and Sir Alex Ferguson also admired him very much

Hupu, October 11th: Juventus legendary No. 10 Del Piero could have become a Barcelona player. At least, that's what his agent Claudio Pasqualin claimed in an interview, and he also revealed that Manchester United is another European giant interested in signing Del Piero.

"Barcelona was very interested and wanted to sign him, but ultimately chose Rivaldo. Sir Alex Ferguson also admired Del Piero very much, but to be fair, Del Piero never hesitated: his only goal was Juventus, and he wanted to stay with Juventus at all costs," said the football agent.

In fact, Pasqualin provided another important clue. "Our work was always focused on reaching a contract extension agreement with Juventus, so negotiations with other big clubs never came to fruition," he explained decades later. In this context, the agent also disclosed the subsequent talks with Juventus executives. "Every time we met with Agnelli, he would say that Del Piero's salary was too high (laughs). In fact, in terms of wages, we were also helped to a certain extent by the approaching deadline and the fact that half of Europe wanted Del Piero, without taking into account the extraordinary value of a championship player in his own right," he concluded.