Bayern Munich's Alphonso Davies could have been a Barcelona player
Stoichkov recommended the player but Barça opted against signing him
Canada international Alphonso Davies, the Bayern Munich left-back, could have ended up at Barcelona.
In January of 2018, five months before he signed for the German club, Hristro Stoichkov, who followed him with Vancouver in Major League Soccer through his work as an analyst on television, phoned Barça and recommended they sign him. He was 17 at the time.
Barça were not convinced he would be at the level needed to make it in Europe and the price -- they were asked for €5m -- was also prohibitive given those feelings.
In July of 2018, Bayern signed Davies for just over €11m. A historic error by Barça, but a huge success on Bayern's part.
