Robben: Barcelona wanted me

The 25-year-old made 50 league appearances for the Bernabeu outfit - scoring 11 times - after arriving from Chelsea in 2007.

However, following the expensive acquisitions of Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Alvaro Arbeloa and Xabi Alonso, Real were open to offers for Dutch sextuplet Robben, Wesley Sneijder, Rafael van der Vaart, Roysten Drenthe, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.

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Gregg Davies

Gregg Davies is the Chief Sub Editor of FourFourTwo magazine, joining the team in January 2008 and spending seven years working on the website. He supports non-league behemoths Hereford and commentates on Bulls matches for Radio Hereford FC. His passions include chocolate hobnobs and attempting to shoehorn Ronnie Radford into any office conversation.