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Real Madrid news: Wolves new boy Rafa Mir confirms Bernabeu bids
WOLVES new boy Rafa Mir has confirmed Real Madrid wanted to sign him.
Wolves signed Rafa Mir for £1.5m last week
The Championship leaders landed the 20-year-old striker from Valencia last week for a fee worth in the region of £1.5million.
Mir committed his future to Wolves until 2022 but a move to the Bernabeu could have been on the cards had Valencia not refused a string of bids.
"Valencia only made me one renewal offer this summer," he told Spanish radio station Cadena SER.
"That they had been trying to renew with me for a year is a lie.
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They rejected three or four offers from Real Madrid for me
"They rejected three or four offers from Real Madrid for me, however, they agreed to the first from Wolves in December.
"Valencia did not want me to go to Madrid and they did it.
"I left Valencia because I wanted an ambitious project where I could grow and be trusted and there I did not see it."
Rafa Mir is under contract with Wolves until 2022