Rodolfo Pizarro was just one step away from playing in Argentine football. According to César Luis Merlo, the Mexican had already agreed to terminate his contract with AEK Athens to sign a one-year deal with Banfield.
Everything was ready: only the signatures were missing. However, his representative made demands no one expected: first-class seats for the trip, and a seat reserved exclusively for his dog.
Banfield deemed the demands absurd and decided to end the negotiations immediately. The curious thing is that Pizarro didn’t even find out: the conditions came exclusively from his representative.
A signing that was already finalized ended up being scuttled by a canine whim.