A FORMER BARÇA DIRECTOR REVEALED THE INTENTION
Barça thought about signing Kylian Mbappé in 2017 as a 'relief' for Neymar
Javier Bordas, former Barça manager, has confessed in 'El Chiringuito' that Kylian Mbappé could have become a FC Barcelona player when Neymar Jr left for Paris Saint-Germain
Kylian Mbappé Is one of the names of the moment. The Paris Saint-Germain filtered that, around the middle of February, had communicated to Nasser To the-Khelaïfi his intention to leave of the Park of the Princes in what it finish the season, like free agent. Everything seems to indicate to that recalará in the Real Madrid this summer and that will lead the leading 'merengue' with Vinicius Jr, Rodrygo Goes or Jude Bellingham. There is not agreement signed, but the negotiations are very advanced.
In any case, as they have left 'fall' from the FC Barcelona that the history could have been very distinct in 2017, when the forward of Bondy still had not gone out of the ACE Monaco. The culés finish to sell to Neymar Jr to the PSG, after they paid the 220 million euros of his clause of rescission. In the middle of the research of his relief, in the table also was the name of Mbappé.
It could dress Mbappé of culé?
As it has confessed the exdirectivo of the Barça during the presidency of Sandro Rosell and Josep María Bartomeu, Javier Embroider. "If it had commanded I, Mbappé would have played in the Barça", explained after being questioned on if it existed some possibility that the international with France dressed of culé. The club was in disposal to pay by the player, that during this summer (in the limit) finish fichando by the French team.
The exdirectivo explained, in concrete, that "when they paid €222m by Neymar, had money for ficharle. But the direction preferred to Dembélé. I threw by Mbappé, spoke with his father, had come to the Barça. For one moment it thought that the day 30 thought that we had it", confessed. Finally, the Catalans finished doing with the services of Dembélé by 105 million fixed euros more other 40 'kilos' in variables.
You embroider 'wet' with the no signing of Haaland
On the other hand, the exdirectivo Barcelona has 'wetted' with the conversations that kept the club with the surroundings of Erling Haaland before fichara by the Borussia Dortmund, when despuntó and marvelled in the RB Salzburg: "Haaland wants to come to Spain. He wanted to come to the Barça. It had cost us 20 millions to the Salzburgo and other 20 for Raiola. Already it had exploded. There were conversations, was Suárez and the technicians decided no ficharle".
