# Footballer explains why he didn't join Manchester City

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2120490794092007889
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- Source language: Portuguese
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:28
- Published: 2026-11-11
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5f2TNBh1xIP4/en/footballer-explains-why-he-didn-t-join-manchester-city) And do you regret anything that, in, in your career?

[0:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5f2TNBh1xIP4/en/footballer-explains-why-he-didn-t-join-manchester-city?t=3) Like, going to a team or not going, or not accepting something like that, like, "Oh, a, an offer from that team, I didn't go. Ah—" anything? Is there anything like that in your career?

[0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5f2TNBh1xIP4/en/footballer-explains-why-he-didn-t-join-manchester-city?t=15) No, I'm really happy with the career I've had so far.

[0:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5f2TNBh1xIP4/en/footballer-explains-why-he-didn-t-join-manchester-city?t=19) Of course, I didn't go, I, I— you know, the situation that happened to me, I didn't go to a club I dreamed of playing for, but— Which one? I didn't know about that.

[0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5f2TNBh1xIP4/en/footballer-explains-why-he-didn-t-join-manchester-city?t=29) City. But... To go to Aston Villa, there?

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5f2TNBh1xIP4/en/footballer-explains-why-he-didn-t-join-manchester-city?t=35) No, no, no, I didn't go to City because of the, the investigation I went through, you know?

[0:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5f2TNBh1xIP4/en/footballer-explains-why-he-didn-t-join-manchester-city?t=39) Oh, sorry, sorry. If you don't want to answer, don't.

[0:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5f2TNBh1xIP4/en/footballer-explains-why-he-didn-t-join-manchester-city?t=41) I didn't know about that. No, no, it's fine, fine, fine.

[0:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5f2TNBh1xIP4/en/footballer-explains-why-he-didn-t-join-manchester-city?t=44) So— But why did you have to turn it down?

[0:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5f2TNBh1xIP4/en/footballer-explains-why-he-didn-t-join-manchester-city?t=48) Because I was in the middle of the investigation, you know?

[0:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5f2TNBh1xIP4/en/footballer-explains-why-he-didn-t-join-manchester-city?t=50) And then it lasted two years. It wasn't your choice, it wasn't your option. It was like— No, no. Yeah, I couldn't go during the investigation.

[0:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5f2TNBh1xIP4/en/footballer-explains-why-he-didn-t-join-manchester-city?t=58) Then it lasted two years, and then it turned out that after two years, like, I was older, obviously, the situation was different, my—my situation at the time was different and I stopped going, but do I regret it, man, I don't regret anything.

[1:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5f2TNBh1xIP4/en/footballer-explains-why-he-didn-t-join-manchester-city?t=72) I mean, I was really happy at Milan, I was really happy at Lyon, at Ajax.

[1:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5f2TNBh1xIP4/en/footballer-explains-why-he-didn-t-join-manchester-city?t=77) And now— But in Europe, was your dream Manchester City, not Real or Barça?

[1:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5f2TNBh1xIP4/en/footballer-explains-why-he-didn-t-join-manchester-city?t=82) No, it was City, it was City. I've always really liked City.

[1:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5f2TNBh1xIP4/en/footballer-explains-why-he-didn-t-join-manchester-city?t=85) Man, I never imagined in my life