According to the Catalan newspaper Sports world, “The initial idea was to face ‘Barça’ against Napoli, but the Italian club asked for five million euros and the cost of the trip.”
“For Maradona, the initial idea was a Barcelona-Napoli but the president of the Italian club, Aurelio de Laurentiis, asked for a net five million more transfers, hotel and family trip”added the aforementioned media.
Then, Boca came on the scene and there the match took place, but it was never possible to schedule it for November 25, since the Barcelona must play against him Benfica by Champions League.
Maradona He wore the shirt of both clubs and went from Boca a Barcelona in mid-1982, after the World Cup in Spain, when its transfer was made official in 1,200 million pesetas (today equivalent to 7.2 million euros), a record figure for the time he pocketed Argentinos Juniors, owner of the pass Maradona back then.
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