In the last decade, Paris Saint-Germain has been characterized by bringing into its ranks the best players of the moment and in recent years, it has been in charge of launching the 'bombs' on the market, as happened just a few hours ago, when the Parisian team
presented nothing more and nothing less than Lionel Messi,
to conform to what can become one of the most feared teams in the history of world football, but despite this, there was a player that PSG wanted and that Despite putting a millionaire offer on the table,
he had the luxury of rejecting the French team, it is nothing more and nothing less than Jorge 'El Mágico' González.
Jorge Alberto '
El Mágico
' González, is considered
the best Central American footballer in history
, because even in his best moment, Diego Armando Maradona referred to the Salvadoran as the best player in the world, which is why great teams fought his signing and
Mágico
himself
,
had the luxury of rejecting a millionaire offer from PSG
, to which González denied his talent despite the fact that there was already an agreement for his arrival.
It was in 1982, after the World Cup held in Spain, when
the Salvadoran footballer had half of Europe in love
, which is why various clubs fought over the signing of the one who was then a player for the FAS of El Salvador and one of the most interested was PSG, a team that was launched by the Cuscatleco crack and that
was greatly disappointed, as Mágico himself refused to play in France.
PSG and FAS had agreed to pass the Magician
at an approximate cost of 80,000,000 old pesetas
, so the Salvadoran would have become one of the most expensive signings at that time and despite the fact that the French capital club offered a salary A millionaire to the Central American,
González did not show up to sign the contract that linked him to the Parisian club.
El Mágico
argued that
Paris was not the right city to lead the lifestyle to which he was accustomed
, that it would be difficult to play in a city that he did not know and that he also spoke a language other than his own;
something that was taken advantage of by Cádiz, who although he was a member of the Second Division of Spain, managed to bring the
magic
of González to their ranks, despite the ostentatious offer that Paris Saint-Germain offered him.
The idol of Cádiz and of a nation
Already installed in Spanish football,
González earned the nickname of '
Magico
', after his performances with the '
Tacita de Plata
' club
, where the Salvadoran became a true figure despite his well-known indiscipline and his taste for nightlife, something that ended up overshadowing the career of the cuscatleco, who never denied his life full of excesses.
“
I recognize that I am not a saint, that I like the night
and that the desire to party is not taken away by my mother. I know I am irresponsible and a bad professional, and I
may be wasting the opportunity of a lifetime.
I know, but I have a nonsense in the coconut: I do not like to take football as a job. If I did, it wouldn't be me. I just play for fun, ”González once said in an interview.
El Mágico
stayed for 9 years in Cádiz and there will always be the unknown as to what would have happened to Mágico's career in a more demanding and disciplined club, since PSG was not the only interested party, since he
was
even
invited by Barcelona to play a tour in the United States, however the signing failed to materialize
due to an alleged indiscipline of the Salvadoran.