The intrahistory of Cédric Bakambu and his frustrated signing by Barça

Cédric Bakambu, leading centre of the Olympiakos Greek, has offered an interview to the portal web 'Relief' in which it spoke of his starts in the balompié Spanish and of his signing frustrated by the FC Barcelona. To his 32 years, is leaving very good feelings in Greece with 18 goals in 37 commitments, but went his performance with the Villarreal what carried him to be in the radar of the Barcelona.

The starts of Bakambu in Spain

The Congolese, that fichó by the 'yellow submarine' in 2015 pertinent of the Bursaspor of Turkey, appreciated to Marcelino by the confidence that moved him through the years. "Marcelino knew to take out the best version of me. No always it has been easy because it is very demanding and asks him a lot to the players, but when you see the final result darse that few times makes a mistake. It does not embarrass me say that it is the trainer that more has done me progress in my career and never will leave to appreciate it", aimed.

After three seasons in Villarreal, left to the Beijing Guoan after they paid the 40 million euros of his clause of rescission. "The traspaso changed my life. It does not like me speak of numbers but there are opportunities that can not refuse. No me arrepiento, because I was received by big people in Peking, am very happy to having been able to live this experience just across the world. It was a difficult decision because no expected it to me for nothing and in the Villarreal all went well", affirmed the forward.

The Barça cancelled the operation

In spite of that was adapting to the life in the Asian continent, the true is that it wanted to return to Spain and would be the Barça the one who called to his door after the injury of Luis Suárez in January of 2020. "When it contacts me the Barça, am not the first option, this it is necessary to say it. It happened the time and at the end of the window of signings the option goes back increasingly concrete. We speak of a conveyance with option to buy. Sure enough, I took a flight to Spain, but arrived to my scale and my representative said me that the cession at the end would not do , so I gave me the turn and went back to join me to my team", sentenced Bakambu.

The night of the Wednesday 27 January, the then sportive director of the Barcelona, Éric Abidal, contacted with the representatives of the player to agree all the details and for the morning of the Thursday all was practically enclosed. However, after the seen well of the Chinese club to leave him go, received a call of one of his representatives saying that the negotiations had fallen and that would not dress the elastic culé. "Days afterwards called me Abidal, that explained it to me all and excused by the form in that they had done the things. It surprised me that it called me and I thought that it was very elegant of his part", concluded.