Agent: Barcelona was interested in Del Piero but ultimately chose Rivaldo, Manchester United also wanted Del Piero

October 11th Del Piero’s agent Claudio Pasqualin revealed that both Barcelona and Manchester United were interested in Del Piero.

Italian forward Del Piero played for Juventus for a total of 19 seasons. It was not until the end of his career that he briefly played for Sydney FC and Delhi Dynamo. However, the agent said that during Del Piero's peak period, there were also European giants interested in him. Claudio Pasqualin revealed: "Barcelona was very interested in him at the time, but in the end they chose Rivaldo." Rivaldo joined Barcelona in 1997 and played for Barcelona for a total of 5 years, playing 253 times and scoring 137 goals.

Agent Pasqualin continued: "Manchester United also wants him, and Coach Ferguson appreciates Del Piero very much. But to be honest, Del Piero has never hesitated. His only goal is to stay at Juventus. He wants to stay at Juventus no matter what."

Pasqualin also said: "My job is always to work hard to reach his contract extension agreement, so with other Negotiations with top clubs never made substantial progress. Every time we met with the old Agnelli, he always said that Piero's salary was too high, haha. In fact, in terms of salary, because Piero's contract was close to expiring at the time, and almost all of Europe wanted Piero, not to mention he was also a championship player."