Former Shakhtar defender Razvan Rat told how he could have moved from the Donetsk club to Real Madrid in 2007, but the Pitmen changed their price for him several times.
- The clubs had an initial agreement for a certain amount. But after that, the sums were changed several times, and Real said that it was not a fair game. At the time, Mijatovic was responsible for Madrid's negotiations. After that story, I could not come to my senses for several months. It was a unique chance.
I was one of two on Schuster's quota and there was someone else. That same year, Real Madrid bought Sneijder and other Dutchmen. Drenthe came for my position, Marcelo came later. That's the whole story," Ratz told Digisport.