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It was a case of what could have been at Barcelona in the summer transfer market.
The Catalan club failed to sign three of its main targets during the transfer window, as they continue to be hampered by financial problems.
The number one target in the window was Lautaro Martínez, with Barcelona in talks with Inter about the forward for several months.
In the end, with Inter asking for a hefty transfer fee for the Argentine, negotiations broke down and a move never materialized.
As a result, Barcelona turned their attention to Memphis Depay, agreeing on the forward’s personal terms.
However, the Blaugrana never made an official transfer offer to Lyon.
Then there was Eric Garcia, with Barcelona refusing to comply with Manchester City’s demands to re-sign their former player from the academy.
so close yet so far
These three players join a long list of transfer targets that never ended up crossing the doors of Josep Maria Bartomeu’s Barcelona.
In the goalkeeping department, Barcelona have done well, with Marc-Andre ter Stegen the clear number 1 and Jasper Cillessen and Neto solid backs.
In defense, Ernesto Valverde asked to bring Íñigo Martínez but never saw the Basque center arrive.
Last summer, Matthijs de Ligt was one of Barcelona’s main targets, but Juventus beat him to his signing.
In midfield, Marco Verratti pushed to join Barcelona in 2017, but Paris Saint-Germain were unwilling to let him go.
Soon after, the Catalans also failed in their search for Ángel Di María, with PSG sticking to their € 60 million valuation, and Adrien Rabiot, whose mother and agent asked for too much money.
The longest soap opera of the Bartomeu years came last summer, when Neymar was continuously linked to a return to the Camp Nou.
After spending 120 million euros on Antoine Griezmann, Barcelona were quick to finance a play for the Brazilian, but PSG rejected any offer that came their way.
In January 2020, when Luis Suárez was ruled out for several months after knee surgery, Barcelona replaced Rodrigo Moreno.
Again, the club fell apart when it came to meeting the demands of Valencia and then Rodrigo went to Leeds for 35 million euros.
On the bench of this team we have Willian, Luka Jovic, Willian José and Marco Asensio, as well as Xavi Hernández as coach.
The former Barcelona midfielder turned down the opportunity to succeed Valverde in January because he did not think the time was right for him.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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