The transfer window of last summer produced a real Dutch exodus from Madrid. Atletico sold John Heitinga while Real got rid of three Dutch internationals.
Klaas Jan Huntelaar went to AC Milan, Wesley Sneijder joined Inter Milan while Arjen Robben made a move to Bayern Munich.
The first two had to leave Madrid but the last one wasn`t on the transfer list, according to Real`s sporting director Jorge Valdano.
`When Cristiano Ronaldo joined us he could go, but then he told me he wanted to stay,` Valdano said. `He did well and convinced us. But his father and agent was worried and asked us to listen to Bayern`s offer.`
Unlike Robben, Sneijder was forced to leave Madrid. `Because we acquired Kaka, he had to go. It`s normal, when Barcelona bought Ibrahimovic they knew they couldn`t keep Samuel Eto`o, Real`s sporting director told Onda Cero.
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