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<strong>Real Madrid full back Fabio Coentrao is happy to have stayed on at Real Madrid despite having had the opportunity to secure a loan move away to Manchester United.</strong>
The 25 year old Portugal international was rumored to be on the verge of leaving Bernabeu this summer after new manager Carlo Ancelotti asked him to find a new club. Tottenham were interested in his services but refused to have him included in the Gareth Bale deal.<br />
Coentrao was the subject of a last minute loan bid from Manchester United but the Los Blancos turned it down. <br />
"There was the possibility of joining Manchester United, but I stayed at Real Madrid, and that's what matters," he declared.<br />
"It would have been bad if I had to stay despite having the chance to move to a better club, but that didn't happen as I already am at the best club in the world.<br />
"I want to do better than I did last season, although I was at a very high level already. I want to show everyone that I deserve to be at Real Madrid."
Written by Prateek Sarkar
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