Seems strange to be fighting for a player with AS Roma, though
The thing is, most of us, who watched Malcom last season, were (will be) surprised, that he was going to go to Roma and not one of the big clubs...especially considering that among the interested clubs was Bayern, who really wanted him a couple of months ago and he was rumoured to replace Robben there, which would be another typical great and smart with 'no fuss' kind of transfer that Bayern often make. When all the other clubs are paying 50M+ plus for wingers, Bayern swoops in and quickly gets it done for 30-40M and the guy they buy becomes a 100M+ player in like two years. So that's why i'm gonna be surprised, if our Board can actually pull this off, even though we should really be in the driving seat, if it's a straight choice between Roma and Barca for Malcom...especially since he knows he could easily break into the Barca starting lineup as well with Valverde still not having the full trust in Dembele. And i would much rather see two great 21-year olds battle it out for the starting spot, than to see Willian come and the fans being optimistic that he came to be Dembele's rotation, and then seeing Valverde obviously preffering the older, good defensive player, while the exciting young gun that is Dembele rots on the bench.
Malcom coming allows me to also dream of Dembele moving to LW and watching that Dembele-Messi-Malcom attack...SO MUCH MORE PACE than we had last season. Would be a complete turn around to watching slow poke Suarez dragging his fat ass out there and slowing down every quick play Alba and Messi make.