The FC Barcelona had a market of signings estival too moved that left several doubts regarding the movements of the blaugrana, especially after the unexpected exit of Antoine Griezmann to the Athletic of Madrid and the arrival of Luuk of Jong like his replacement, to fulfil a new request of Ronald Koeman, that well knows to the Dutch forward by his step in the selection.
It is a traspaso that, to fault that it can contest his first minutes with the elastic Barcelona and show his value, has generated a lot of controversy and confusion because it is, literally, a player that the Seville there was descartado. Julen Lopetegui did not explain at all with him and the Barça has received it with a cession by a season to accompany to Memphis Depay and Martin Braithwaite in the forward, like the new trident culé.
Although the Dutch was the one who finished recalando in Can Barça, the Catalans would have studied other options, that were more 'logical' to sportive level, but impossible economically speaking. In 'The Chiringuito' have desvelado the list of the players that the picture blaugrana had in his radar, with Edinson Cavani, Raheem Sterling or Rodrigo like protagonists.
The collaborator of 'The Chiringuito', Jota Jordi, aimed that "it has spoken with Cavani, Mateu Alemany was in Manchester asking after Sterling, the answer was no. It was in Leeds asking after Rodrigo, the answer was no... At the end they have fichado to Luuk Of Jong", sentenced.
Request of Koeman
To all they the Barça studied them, but carried an immediate refusal by part of the clubs to which belongs his index card. Of Jong, according to Jota Jordi, was the fifth and last option of the Barcelona, in addition to being a request expresses of Ronald Koeman, since for him fulfils with the offensive profile that looked for: a pure striker.