GETTING CLOSER
This is how the signing of Christensen by Barça was conceived
Published:10/03/2022 - 20:14h
Updated:10/03/2022 - 20:14h
A change of representation and the commissions to finalize his father's work as an agent pushed back Chelsea's efforts to renew Christiansen, which in turn ended up facilitating the operation for his arrival at Barcelona
The need of a defender to reinforce the last line of the FC Barcelona carried to the directive to see to Andreas Christensen like an option. In fact, the club already had him like one of his aims the past summer. Besides, it treats of a player that will arrive without cost, all time that his agreement with Chelsea will finish remaining without effect.
The Danish was not the only effective of Chelsea whose name appeared in the diary of Joan Laporta, also there were others like the ones of Antonio Rüdiger or César Azpilicueta; the first of them has sounded more for the Real Madrid, whereas the second has sounded like possible Barcelona reinforcement. In the case of Christensen, the team londinense offered him the renewal, but his intention would be to change of airs.
To finals of the past year, the representation of the Nordic ran to charge of his father, Sten Christensen. Nevertheless, already in December, went the agency KIN Partners the one who incorporated him to his wallet. It was east the twist that finished frustrating the operation to agree his renewal, a situation in front of which the Barcelona was very attentive: the formality to clear the work beside his father involved commissions very high, that the 'blues' were not had to assume.
It was then when the Barcelona club knew that it had to launch to by his index card, to the equal that other entities, like the Bayern of Munich. The Barça split with some advantage when seeing that Chelsea had to retreat to initiate from zero with the negotiations. Likewise, Christensen there was descartado to other teams of the Premier League, since it did not want to integrate the staff of a direct rival.
The posture of Xavi on Christensen
The míster culé has been one of the main interested in fichar to the Danish defender and the directive already was to the so much. Also it left clear that the expectations salariales of Christensen would not be an obstacle for his contracting, especially if they compare the figures with the ones of some players of the Barcelona: "it Asks a lot of money? No more than what earn many of ours".
