Looking for a striker on this last day of the transfer window to compensate for the departure of Lionel Messi, FC Barcelona has not had it easy and has suffered several failures due to its limited finances …
Edinson Cavani is not expected to join Bara.
Financially limited and forced to be discreet this summer on the transfer market with the arrival of Eric Garcia, Memphis Depay and Sergio Agero all as free players, will FC Barcelona animate the last hours of the transfer window?
With the unmatched departure of Lionel Messi and the ongoing sales of midfielder Ilaix Moriba for around € 15m to RB Leipzig and right-side Emerson for around € 30m Tottenham, the Blaugrana could indeed have some a little financial leeway that could be used to recruit an attacker.
Le non de l’Atletico
Monday evening, the Spanish media were also echoing an attempt to say the least unexpected for Joo Flix! Via agent Jorge Mendes, the Catalan club would indeed have positioned themselves to welcome the Portuguese, who is still struggling to demonstrate the full extent of his talent with Atletico Madrid. But the Colchoneros immediately ruled out that option, the Sport newspaper reported. It must be said that the proposal for a dry loan and without financial compensation from Bara was really unlikely to succeed, especially as the reigning Spanish champion continues to see the Golden Boy 2019 as the future of the club and not do not intend to sell it, even on loan …
The Blaugrana then had the opportunity to fall back on a completely different profile. According to the newspaper Mundo Deportivo, Manchester United has indeed offered them Edinson Cavani! Collateral victim of the return of Cristiano Ronaldo, the striker risks having to deal with a limited playing time MU this season and would be receptive to a departure to Catalonia. However, many questions surround this file, starting with the terms of the transaction, which could take the form of a loan or a transfer for symbolic compensation since the scorer’s contract ends next June. The main coffin, however, remains the payment of the Matador’s salary. If some sources like ESPN made positive advances, the journalist of the Guardian, Fabrizio Romano, cast a cold by assuring that the Uruguayan will not move in this August 31st.
Bakambu, last hope?
According to Foot Mercato, the third in the last fiscal year in Liga also polled Paris Saint-Germain for Mauro Icardi, new to the market as Kylian Mbapp left to stay. But the demands of the capital club (dry transfer or loan with option to buy) quickly cooled the Blaugrana, who could finally fall back, according to AS, on Cdric Bakambu. Exile in China, in Beijing Guoan, since January 2018, the former Villarreal scorer had seen his transfer to Catalonia fail at the last moment in January 2020. Will this time be the right one? In any case, the Congolese international should not quote a fortune six months from the end of his contract …
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