The summer 2017 has been of high voltage for the FC Barcelona, that has not won for discontents in matter of signings. High, low and renewals have turned into a problem in the Camp Nou, and weeks after the closing still there are subjects that continue opened.
This time, the information arisen does reference to the reinforcements for the Barcelona group, in concrete to two that they could have arrived from the Athletic. As it has aimed José Ramón of the Dark in his program 'The Transistor' of 'Wave Zero', the Catalans could have gone does some weeks to by Saúl Ñíguez and Antoine Griezmann, although the clauses of the rojiblancos would have braked his intentions.
The first by which would have asked the Barça would have been the midfield player, offering the 80 million euros that sealed his exit of the Calderón. However, the entity that directs Josep Maria Bartomeu would not have taken into account the sanction of the FIFA the 'colchoneros', that moved to renew to the vertebral column of his team. When it arrived the offer, the flamante runner-up of the European Sub21 already cost 150 'kilos'.
It was then when it precipitated the course of Neymar, and the Barcelona strategy viró to another athletic footballer, Antoine Griezmann. The same information ensures that even the own Leo Messi would have given his beneplácito to the signing, that again saw frustrated by the negative rojiblanca to listen offers. The one of the square culé reached the 140 millions, but did not approach to the 200 that then marked the clause of the French.
Coutinho, neither
The one who neither achieved to dress of Barcelona because they did not fulfil the requirements of his club is Philippe Coutinho, by which especuló that the Liverpool would have refused 160 million euros. The English already manifested his indignation when the Barça ensured that they had priced him in 200 'kilos', and this Monday Josep Maria Bartomeu went back to insist in this fact, aiming also to that the final offer by the Brazilian did not arrive to the 100.