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The press in Spain are setting up some dominoes that may never
fall.
Barcelona may be in something of a mess with Lionel
Messi pushing to leave the club, but potentially losing the best
player in the history of the game isn’t taking up quite all of the
space in the Spanish press these days.
There’s also room for rumours of incomings, with Sport today
claiming a deal for Liverpool’s Gini Wijnaldum is all lined up—but only
for after the Reds bring in his replacement, Bayern Munich
midfielder Thiago Alcantara.
The story, as seen in today’s print edition of Sport and since
relayed to English audiences by SportsWitness, says the Catalan club believe
that Wijnaldum, a favourite of new manager Ronald Koeman, will cost around €25M.
Meanwhile, or at least as the Spanish press would have it, all
parties aren’t commenting on the possible transfer while refusing
to rule it out completely, with both Wijnaldum’s agent and sources
within Barcelona cited.
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Everything, though, would seem to hinge on Thiago arriving at
Anfield. And with Bayern’s Champions
League campaign wrapping up a week ago and a supposed £27M
asking price, the lack of movement there is puzzling.
Before Bayern’s final game, reports in Germany claimed personal
terms were agreed and a deal would be done when their season ended.
A week later and we still can’t even say for certain if Liverpool
are considering a move.
All of which would seem to make any talk of Wijnaldum to
Barcelona a case of speculation built on top of speculation—rumour
mongers setting up a chain of dominoes where the first one that has
to fall may not even exist.