How Săpunaru missed the transfer to Sevilla »Porto's president was shocked:” Are you crazy? “
Article by Adrian Duţă – published Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 19:28 / Updated Tuesday, July 22, 2025 19:31
Cristi Săpunaru (41 years old) told how he missed a transfer to Seville in 2012, when he was at Porto. The central defender finally arrived in Zaragoza, although he also had offers from Galatasara and Beșiktaș.
Săpunaru remembered how a “nose shower”. Thus, after refusing Seville to go to Turkey, the offers from Beșiktaș and Galata have not materialized. He also revealed the dialogue he then wore with Porto's president.
The official of the “dragons”, Antero Henrique, was shocked when he heard from Săpunaru that Sevilla refuses to go to Turkey. In Porto, Cristi won the Europa League in 2011.
How Cristi Săpunaru missed the transfer to Sevilla
“[Cea mai puțin inspirată decizie] That I did not sign with Seville. When I went and signed with Zaragoza, when I left Porto (no – in 2012). Okay, there were more weird circumstances, so I had other contracts on the table. From Turkey, from Beşiktaș and Galata. He was a Turkish businessman at my home in Portugal. He took me a nose for a while.
I was telling him this from Porto, he was a director, Henrique, who later became sports director at PSG. I was telling him this “yes, yes, yes, he puts something else”, I didn't know how to escape, to let me … And Henrique also said “baths, are you crazy? Do you give Europe on Turkey now? You are still young.
I said “Yes, but it's also a convenient offer, I am close to the house.” In the end I arrived in Zaragoza. No regret, believe me. But there are things in life that I could only change with a simple “yes”. Seville after that won three trophies of Europa League … that's it! ”, Said Săpunaru, according to Golazo.ro.
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Throughout his career, Cristi Săpunaru has played for FC National, Callatis Mangalia, Rapid, Porto, Elche, Zaragoza, Pandurii, Astra, Kayserispor, Denizlispor.
36 matcheshas Cristi Săpunaru for the Romanian national
