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A lot of names appeared

The forwards that could play in the Barça... But they will not do it

Published:25/08/2016 - 09:36h

Updated:25/08/2016 - 09:36h

Many were the names that sounded for the forward of the FC Barcelona but some were, reamente, considered by the technical office of the FC Barcelona to be this longed for "fourth forward". Nolito, Vietto or Gameiro, some of them

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Without place to doubts, this summer of 2016 will be always remembered like the one of the "hunting of the fourth Barcelona forward". A lot of months, news and rumours have gone appearing along all this station related with the signing of this attacker that would have to have arrived to the Barcelona entity this 2016-217 to give him rest to Leo Messi, Luis Suárez and Neymar Júnior. Already it was because other clubs advanced or because the players did not see the real option to play, many of them finish in other teams.

But, and in spite of the ingente number of players that have gone going out to raiz of the also innumerable unfounded rumours by the Catalan press, these are the players that, really, interested to the technical office of the Barça but could not finish to concretise his arrival.

Nolito, of pupilo of Luis Enrique to fly to the Manchester City

The Andalusian forward was the one who had all the numbers to arrive to Can Barça this past winter. However, the fault of money left paralysed an operation that had to concretise by the eighteen million euros of his clause. When opening the market of summer and appear new options, Nolito bet by the City of Guardiola that guaranteeed him a good bunch of millions and of minutes to show his talent.

Ousmane Dembelé, the French talent to the service of the Dortmund

His name began to appear also in the past winter. To his eighteen years, Robert Fernández had fixed in his excelsa quality and a youth that aimed to be rompedora. However, the crack in ciernes preferred to decant by a club like the Borussia of Dortmund where can finish of pulir all his big qualities.

Luciano Vietto, the doubts did him fly to Seville

It was the elected by Robert and Luis Enrique to keep growing, in this case at the side of the three better forwards of the world. It offered him come to have a lot of minutes and do, in question of two or three years, with a place title of the forward. But finally, and in front of the pressures from his own club, Vietto bet by the option of the Seville of Sampaoli where expects to burst once and for all.

Kevin Gameiro, apurando his options in the Athletic of Madrid

The French attacker was a man that liked a lot to the technicians, especially to "Struggle". Connoisseur of the First Spanish division and goleador consummated, his arrival would have served to give him rest of luxury to Luis Suárez as well as to the rest of the attack culé. However, Simeone promised him the safe titularity if it deserved it to him and bet by this option.

Gabriel Jesus, arrives to the Manchester City... In January

The young Brazilian player of the Palmeiras has contested the Olympic games of Rio de Janeiro 2016 where, in spite of everything, has not stood out com dare expected. Gabriel Jesus was pretended by a lot of clubs this summer, between them the Barça, but decided by the Manchester City since you English accepted to leave it yielded in the Brazilian picture until January, when it finish the championship in his country. Something that, obviously, could not allow the FC Barcelona. 

And now... It will be necessary to join the name of Paco Alcácer to the list or will be, at last, this fourth forward that so much ansía in Can Barça?

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