Di Campli (agent Verratti): "Marco would like to play at Barça, but PSG aren't willing to sell him." [ser]
Di Campli (agent Verratti): "Marco would like to play at Barça, but PSG aren't willing to sell him." [ser]
Laporta (presidential candidate): "The transfer of Arda doesn't rule out signing Pogba. If we win, we'll try to sign Pogba this year."
I thought it was about 30 million plus incentives ... and that's € not £ ...
I couldn't be happier , he's a top quality , proven La Liga player - Chelsea / Man City / Arsenal were all sniffing around him and that's why we've jumped in quick as I understand .
Makes sense, Atletico's President talked about how he did get offers from Chelsea and United but Barcelona was always Arda's first choice. I Imagine that Lucho talked to Arda and his agent a lot in the past week trying to Push hard for the Transfer to happen (Arda's agent even said Lucho was the main reason why this Transfer deal was complete.) Lucho didn't want to lose a player he wanted so he pretty much did everything he could to help get him.Update
According to Barcelona sources, Chelsea would have signed Arda Turan if Barcelona wouldn't have closed the deal already. [ser]
I'm really surprised Atletico sold him to Barcelona, first choice or not. If I was their president I'd never sell my player to competition, regardless of money (well relatively speaking Bale money would have been OK ).
If you're the president, you have no choice but to sell if the player wants to leave.