“Magic is sometimes very close to nothing at all”

Florentino Perez, the founder of the infamous, elaborate and extravagant Galactico era at Real Madrid had to play this one a little bit differently. Coy, even. Direct nonetheless however. “Do you want to play for Real Madrid?” he scrawled on the napkin. The note made its way around the table before reaching its intended target. The smile betrayed the answer, but the note was returned anyway, with a simple “yes” written in response. And in one simple moment, the un-Galactico was identified as the next Galactico.