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Barca : Griezmann swap bargain, Messi'sCoutinho choices and that's just the beginning

  • shlock2154
  • Jan 10, 2018
  • 2 min read


Football news: It has been in the factory for some time now on how Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann was the favored player for Barca to supplant Neymar in the mid year. Be that as it may, Diego Simeone'sside were prohibited from playing new signings till January and Griezmann stayed put.

Presently, Barca are hoping to backpedal in for the player with a conceivable swap arrangement to conciliate the capital club, according to Don Balon. Simeone allegedly prefers Sergi Roberto and the Catalan club will incorporate him in an arrangement for Griezmann.

This could come as a blow for Manchester United, for whom the Frenchman was the no.1 focus in the late spring and were hoping to offer one year from now, according to ESPN. Further, Griezmann could want to remain in Spain, having been in the nation since the age of 14, reinforcing Barca's interest.

Barca have been entangled in a long-exchange adventure with Liverpool for Philippe Coutinho since summer. While the odds of the Brazilian joining Messi and co. are expanding, the arrangement could end up being truly costly for the Catalans.

Presently, DiarioGol reports that Messi needs the club to seek after different focuses in January and has given his favored three names. The Argentine needs the Blaugrana to sign one among AS Monaco's Thomas Lemar, Lyon's Nabil Fekir and Leicester City's RiyadMahrez.

Each of the three players are innovative goalscorers from wide positions and it bodes well for Barca to sign one of them in January while offering for Coutinho again next summer.

The Argentine was very anticipated that would leave PSG in the late spring with the entries of Neymar and KylianMbappe, as the French club hoped to recover a portion of the burned through cash. He was supposed to backpedal to Spain with Barca intrigued. Presently, Radio Monte Carlo affirms the way that an arrangement was in reality concurred for Di Maria.

In any case, UEFA purportedly obstructed the move as they were checking whether PSG's enormous spending in the late spring was in accordance with Financial Fair Play (FFP) directions. The episode happened on the grounds that the move window shut in France on 31st August though, in Spain, first September was the due date day.

Thus, UEFA were examining PSG's consistence with FFP on first September, when the arrangement for Di Maria was concurred. Along these lines, Europe's overseeing body hindered the move till the examination finishes, prompting Barca passing up a great opportunity for the player. In this manner, the Spanish club could return for the player as right on time as January.

 
 
 

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