There are some people at Real Madrid, within the club, some really important people, who believe losing Luka Modric on a free transfer last summer was a mistake. A really big problem in terms of leadership.
There were contacts with Barça. Of course, but I also told my agents not to get too excited. I was very clear that Athletic were not going to let me leave if a club did not come and pay the €40 million of the termination clause.
I had lunch with Sam Allardyce, but he thought it was a better idea to talk about wine than to talk about football, and then to get up and leave me halfway through our meeting.
