Roberto Carlos didn’t ask to play as a forward. It was imposed on him at Inter, and the problem was that he started scoring goals as if it were nothing: 7 goals in just 7 matches.
That’s when the club decided to keep him up front permanently. But he had other plans: the Copa América was coming up, and to play for Brazil he needed to return to left-back, his usual position.
He spoke with the president to explain the situation, without much success. That same day, Lorenzo Sanz appeared. A meeting of barely 10 minutes was enough to seal the deal: goodbye Inter, welcome Real Madrid.
A football decision ended up rewriting the history of one of the best full-backs in the world.