DBasia.news – His name is Ivan Saez who was a bright prospect for Real Madrid. Despite training even harder to get into the first team, it turns out he actually erased the traces of football in his life.
Narrated by Marca, Ivan Saez decided to hang up his boots at a very early age – 20 years. That he did five years ago when in Real Madrid uniform.
At that time Ivan was no longer eager to continue his dream in the world of football. He also chose a new episode in life, which is far from football.
“The first thing I did was to erase all of my contacts related to football and put football aside,” he said.
In the past, Ivan was called a talented young footballer. That also made Real Madrid willing to take him from Atletico Madrid to Valdebebas.
In 2011, Ivan Saez even appeared to be starter in the junior football final against Barcelona. He appeared at the age level that was three years above his age.
Even though he was predicted as a footballer of the future as well as a bright prospect for Real Madrid and Spain, Ivan Saez’s way of life turned completely off to other majors.
“I am now completely out of touch with football and I realized that sometimes you believe in the wrong things. Some people can handle certain situations better than others. I really think that I always handle things well and I have never let any comment change who I am.”
It was also stated that Ivan Saez was able to steal the attention of his teammates like Raul de Tomas, Marcos Llorente, Mario Hermoso and others in winning the U18 Copa del Rey. He also appeared in junior club European competition.
However, until that’s where Ivan Saez’s rays in the world of football, after spending the 2014/2015 season with Real Madrid C. “My final year contract coincided with the disappearance of team C. It was a bad year both personally and team.”
Ivan Saez is now the owner of a fitness center. Remembering his decision to erase the footsteps of football in his life five years ago, he admitted that he had no specific reason.
“That’s because of many things. I didn’t accept anything and it was clear that at that time I needed a change because I wasn’t enthusiastic about any of them.”
“The change has been positive for me. There are bad times because I have happy memories, but I know I need to reset it,” he said.
At the age of 25 years, Ivan Saez claimed to enjoy his life apart from football. But there is also concern about his business, related to the economic conditions of the Corona virus pandemic.