BARCELONA – Barcelona nearly got two players on the closing day of the 2020 summer transfer market which fell this morning. The two players in question are Memphis Depay (left winger, Olympique Lyon) and Eric Garcia (center back, Manchester City).
However, the hard efforts of Barcelona’s management failed to produce results. Until the 2020 summer transfer market closed this morning, both Depay and Eric Garcia stayed with their respective clubs.
So, what was the reason Barcelona failed to get Depay and Eric Garcia? Most likely, Barcelona failed to land Depay because of Manchester United.
Since the beginning, Italian sports journalist Fabrizio Romano said Barcelona and Depay had reached a personal agreement since 9 September 2020. However, negotiations between Barcelona and Lyon as the club that owns Depay have not continued due to financial problems that have hit. Blaugrana – the nickname Barcelona.
According to Fabrizio Romano, Barcelona will only redeem Depay, which is priced at 25 million euros (Rp.434.8 billion) as long as they manage to sell Ousmane Dembele to Manchester United permanently. For your information, Man United is interested in Dembele in the 2020 summer transfer market.
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It’s just that the negotiations carried out by Man United and Barcelona for Dembele stuck. Barcelona management asked Man United to sign Dembele permanently.
At the same time, Man United only wants to borrow Dembele, with a purchase option at the end of the 2020-2021 season. The unsuccessful negotiations made Man United and Barcelona not reach an agreement.
As a result, Dembele stayed at Barcelona. Then to replace the failure to bring Dembele, Man United management landed Amad Traore (Atalanta) and Facundo Pellistri (Penarol).
(Eric Garcia joins Barcelona in the summer of 2021)
For the first name mentioned, he only joined Man United in January 2021 due to work permit issues. What about Eric Garcia? At the latest, the defender who graduated from the La Masia academy will join Barcelona in the summer of 2021.
“Eric Garcia told the Manchester City board that he will join Barcelona in January 2021 or June 2021 as a free transfer player. Garcia won’t change his mind. Eric wants Barcelona as the next club, “Fabrizio Romano said on his Twitter account, @FabrizioRomano.
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