Messi Has Refused The Transfer Of A Player From Arsenal to Barcelona

FC Barcelona seemed determined to recruit a new offensive profile before the end of the summer holiday, to forget the disappointments Paulo Dybala and Philippe Coutinho. An Arsenal midfielder was targeted, but Lionel Messi would have intervened internally ...

That is saying that FC Barcelona is going through a real crisis at all levels. The Catalan club lost its superb in terms of sports, and was unable to recover from the departure of Neymar towards Paris Saint-Germain, fault with a recruitment campaign deemed untimely, with in particular € 40 million invested on Paulinho , and the only Ousmane Dembélé not being able to make to forget the Brazilian prodigy left in France.

Messi Has Refused The Transfer Of A Player From Arsenal to Barcelona

However, the Blaugranas tried to enroll Paulo Dybala (Juventus Turin) and especially Philippe Coutinho (FC Liverpool). Until the last moments of the summer market, the Reds were in a hurry and would have even refused a final offer exceeding 150 million euros. To avoid being beheaded in the water, the Barcelona management would also have contacted Arsenal, with the agreement of Ernesto Valverde, to try to bring in Mesut Özil.

The German international, former Real Madrid player, is still under contract until 2018 at the Gunners, and could therefore have been accessible at a lower cost. But internally, Lionel Messi would have put his veto, report the Argentines of TyC Sports. The quintuple Ballon d'or preferred to see his compatriots Paulo Dybala or even Angel Di Maria disembark. But the PSG also refused to let go "El Fideo". And at a time when "La Pulga" has not extended his contract yet, Barca probably seeks not to hurt his star ... Messi Has Refused The Transfer Of A Player From Arsenal to Barcelona.