Already it is in door the wintry market, by what the FC Barcelona is moving his threads to incorporate to some forward that award an important jump of quality at the head of attack of the team directed by Xavi Hernández, the one who has had to manoeuvre after the avalanche of injuries sucedidas in the last months.
In fact, Mateu Alemany, director of football, and Ferran Reverter, CEO of the Barcelona club, travelled the past week to the city of Manchester for tantear some operations of market. It knows that the entity negotiated so much with the City like the United. The main aim of the trip was to study the feasibility of the signing of Ferran Torres, forward of the 'sky blues'.
Torres, ex forward of Valencia CF, is the big aim of the current directive of the FC Barcelona, but no the only. Another extreme of the group trained by Pep Guardiola also likes a lot to Xavi and to the barcelonismo: Raheem Sterling; although his arrival yes could be more complicated.
Martial And Edinson Cavani were the names that were on the table in the visit of the mentioned directors of the Barça to the United. And, in all the operations, so much with the City like the United, the representatives culés took out the name of Philippe Coutinho like a 'ace' under the sleeve.
Because of his important loss of leadership from the arrival of Xavi to the bench of the first team, the Barça has offered to the Brazilian. In spite of that marked a goal from the twelve steps in front of the Villarreal in the last day of LaLiga, 'Cou' is being acting and everything aims to that for the moment his situation will not change.
Negative answer
However, the answer of the United and the City, in relation to Coutinho, has not been positive. Both clubs decant by not including players and receive money by a traspaso. The club 'citizen' is opened to negotiate by Ferran Torres, but no to any price. In his day paid 25 millions to Valencia and is conscious that it is a very young player (21 years) that besides is revalorizando. It subtracts to expect if the Brazilian follows suit and accept his inclusion in the operation.