After the millionaire investment by Dembélé, the Barça faced the last days of the market with the aim to close to two footballers, with the public interest by Philippe Coutinho and an alternative that change in several occasions of name. In the City Condal were very pending of a decisive Thursday for the Liverpool, but the fault of movements in Anfield brought the worst presagios to the Barcelona directors.
Even so, and in spite of that valued the option to close the negotiations with antelación, the Catalans decided to a last attempt, with an arreón in the afternoon of the Friday of the that 'Sport' has published the times. And it is that in the offices culés there was a big activity, with calls of telephone, taut waits and a for nothing satisfactory end.
To the 18 hours of the afternoon began the round, with a direct line with John Henry, main shareholder and voice singer of the Liverpool and to the 20, besides, added another road, the one of Ángel Gave María. Around the 21 hours seemed that the operations were feasible, with the 'reds' listening the Barcelona messages and the PSG recessing his pretences by the Argentinian.
In spite of everything, the thing went twisting to measure that advanced the night, and not even had incidence the will of two footballers more than decided to play in the Barça, that even formed active part of the negotiations. After warning to Josep Maria Bartomeu that the advances were positive, the negotiators encararon the worst part of a day that did not finish as it expected .
Requests desorbitadas
And it is that to few hours of the closing, the directors knew the requirements of English and French, that were out of the high numbers that already had presupuestado. According to the version of the Barça, the Liverpool descolgó asking 200 million euros by the freedom of Coutinho, whereas the PSG planted in a 60 20 to the that the Catalans did not want to arrive by Gave María.
What could be a final hit remained in a threaten without finish, just before disassembling the stop and announce that there would be signings. The official announcement of press conference sounded to white flag, and this Saturday Albert Soler and Robert Fernández have given the pertinent explanations. From now it touches to struggle with what there is, and this already is task of Ernesto Valverde.