“Life is full of coincidences, as the evening before Ernesto’s definitive ‘yes’ to the Olympiacos proposal, me, Mr Chrysikopoulos and Valverde were having dinner at a Barcelona restaurant,” Ibañez told Sport24. “Right next to us was Rijkaard, who had a farewell dinner with his staff. The next day I realised that in that restaurant Rijkaard was saying adios to Barcelona and Ernesto was saying hola to Olympiacos.”