Gini Wijnaldum Talks About Transfer Rumours

The midfielder talks about Barcelona and his future at
Liverpool

There’s been much ado made about Gini Wijnaldum’s future at
Liverpool, especially over the summer with rumours
that Ronald Koeman was very keen on bringing
Wijnaldum over to Barcelona with him. Suffice to say, nothing
actually happened and Liverpool continue to have the best smile in
football in midfield, but it sounds like that may come down to a
lack of serious interest from Barcelona rather than any decisions
being made by Wijnaldum himself.

“I don’t think [the Barcelona interest] was that serious,
otherwise you would have read a bit more, or more would have
happened,” Wijnaldum said in a recent interview. “There was nothing
concrete. I didn’t have to think about it.”

“I will stay on [at Liverpool] it looks like now. My contract
will run for another 10 months. It could still change, of course
you never know that in football. So we’ll see.”

Not exactly the most reassuring statement from the midfielder,
but in the short term at least, there seems to be an understanding
between all involved parties.

“It’s all good with Gini,” Klopp said about the midfielder’s
position at the club. “Absolutely fine about the future as far as
we are involved. I can’t speak about a few years, but it’s all good
for the moment.”

“You know the situation — between me, Gini, and the club,
everything is fine. Since Gini is here I have had 500 or 600 talks
with him.”

Well, there you go. How can anyone say no to staying out the end
of their contract after 500 or 600 talks with Klopp?