THE PANDEMIC CHANGED THE PLANS
Barça wanted to sign Kevin de Bruyne last summer
Published:8/04/2021 - 15:56h
Updated:8/04/2021 - 16:27h
Kevin de Bruyne, who renewed with Manchester City until 2025 this past Wednesday, was on the agenda of FC Barcelona. The midfielder entered into the plans of Barça last summer, but the pandemic prevented an attempt to undertake his signing
Kevin of Bruyne is unquestionably one of the best players of the Premier League and also one of the best of the world. Far of the figures goleadoras of Leo Messi, Robert Lewandowski, Erling Haaland, Neymar Jr or Cristiano Ronaldo, the Belgian has achieved from the mediapunta, the centre of the field or even the leading turn into one of the most decisive footballers of the planet.
Pep Guardiola is conscious that it is the big leader and perhaps the best player that there is in the Manchester City and thus it carries months insisting so that the club have him happy and closing his renewal. The midfield player finished agreement in 2023 and the English wanted to expand it, but was having some problems by the wage that offered him, that was something to the drop for his big performance.
However, everything has solved and this past Wednesday announced his enlargement until 2025. The own international by Belgium showed loved by the announcement and left clear that never wanted to go of the Etihad. "I can not be happier. Since I arrived in 2015 I have felt me as home. I want to the fans and my family has adapted to the city. This club is called to the success. It offers me all what need to surrender to the maximum level", affirmed.
Nevertheless, in spite of everything, the reality is that during the months in which there were tightnesses/tightnesss between the 'cityzens' and the half especuló a lot on his future. In fact, in the 'The Times' have ensured that the FC Barcelona interested by the player the past summer. By then, the City ran the risk to lose the next editions of the Champions League by the sanction UEFA and Of Bruyne was one of the names that could go out.
The Barça had to forget of Of Bruyne by the pandemia
The Barcelona thought in his incorporation like signing crashes, but had to forget prompt of him by fault of the pandemia. The coronavirus left the arks of the Barça empty and caused one of the greater economic crises of the history of the club. Thus, Josep Maria Bartomeu, then president, forgot completely of Kevin, that at the end remained in Manchester after raising the sanction in League of Champions.
Who know what had happened with Of Bruyne in case that the pandemia had not arrived to all the world. It can that the Catalans had been able to ficharle to do a magic pair beside Messi. It had been a signing of which mark the difference and would have carried to the Barcelona to the following level. Unfortunately, the things did not go like this and the Belgian was still in the City, where is a leader and will keep on being it until 2025.
