Barcelona Meet Many Obstacles in Getting Memphis Depay

DBasia.news – Barcelona is trying to bring Olympique Lyon striker Memphis Depay. However, Barca encountered many obstacles to bring in the Dutch attacker.

Joan Laporta started running his program after being elected president of Barca for the second time. One of them is to reconstruct the Los Cules squad.

According to reports circulating in England, Barcelona are in the final corner for Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum. The former Newcastle United came on a free transfer.

Apart from Wijnaldum, Barca are also hunting down another free transfer player, Memphis Depay. Understandably, financial difficulties make Barcelona need to be smart on the trading floor.

Indeed, Depay has indeed been linked with Barcelona since the start of the season. This connection is inseparable from the arrival of Ronald Koeman as Barca coach. Koeman reportedly asked management to bring Depay. In exchange, Luis Suarez can leave.

However, the plan did not go as expected. Depay chose to stay at least until the end of the season.

Barca is predicted to try again at the end of the season. Moreover, now Depay can come with a free transfer status.

However, Barcelona get a rival from Paris Saint-Germain. Les Parisien reported that PSG is also chasing the former Manchester United player. Depay was a direct request from Mauricio Pochettino.

Apart from PSG, Barcelona’s other opponents are Lyon. The president of Lyon, Jean-Michel Aulas, will not let Depay go for free. Lyon is working on a new contract for the star.