Florentino Pérez doesn’t beg. Until yesterday. At 19:47 Paris time, the Real Madrid president personally rang Nuno Mendes with a €200 million transfer package, a €25 million net salary, and the promise of being “the new Marcelo for the next decade.” Sources inside the call say Pérez barely finished his opening line when the 22-year-old left-back interrupted him, calm as ice, and delivered nine words that froze the most powerful man in football:
“Thank you, President, but my story is written in Paris.”
Click. Line dead. Five seconds flat.
Real Madrid planned to sign Nuno Mendes in 2020. He was the club’s absolute top priority, and they considered the chosen one at the LB position for the next decade. However,
The call was over before Pérez’s advisors could even hand him the contract details. Within minutes the story exploded across France. Nuno, still in the PSG training ground car park, posted a simple photo of the Eiffel Tower lit in blue with the caption “Ici, c’est chez moi” – Here, this is my home. The Parc des Princes ultras responded within seconds: flares, drums, and a giant tifo at tonight’s match reading “NUNO C’EST PARIS – 200M? NON MERCI.” Luis Enrique, asked about it post-training, just grinned and said: “He didn’t even let Florentino finish the sentence. That’s my boy.”
Real Madrid proposed a transfer of 200 million pounds and a 5 -year contract to Nuno Mendes, but the young PSG player immediately responded to Florentino Pérez with only nine words, making
Real Madrid’s camp is in stunned silence. One board member was overheard muttering “We’ve never been hung up on like that – not even by Ronaldo.” Meanwhile Paris is partying like they just won the Champions League: #NunoRestAvecNous is the global No.1 trend, the club shop sold out of Mendes 3 shirts in 40 minutes and a Parisian bakery has already launched “Le Refus Spécial” – a €200 croissant that’s deliberately impossible to buy. Because some things, as Nuno just proved to the entire football world, money simply can’t purchase. Nine words. Five seconds. One legend cemented forever.
Real Madrid have renewed their interest in Nuno Mendes, per MARCA. The Spanish giants were keen on the Portuguese left-back back in 2020 during his time at Sporting.Should they make
