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The winter switch window was slightly uneventful for Barcelona who didn’t see any new arrivals or departures regardless of attempting on each fronts.
Barcelona managed to resume the contracts of some essential gamers together with Pedri, Gavi, and Ronald Araujo. The one different operation of notice for them was the switch of Nico Gonzalez from Porto to Manchester Metropolis of which they acquired a share.
One of many largest transfers they had been during which didn’t come to fruition was to signal Marcus Rashford who was seeking to go away Manchester United.
The dressing room was sad
As relayed in a latest replace by SPORT, the Barcelona dressing room was not notably pleased with the membership’s resolution to pursue Rashford’s signing.
Whereas the gamers themselves didn’t maintain something in opposition to the English ahead, the entourage of stars together with Pedri, Gavi, and Araujo didn’t just like the membership utilizing its new monetary freedom to signal a brand new star.
Barcelona wished to signal Rashford within the winter. (Picture by Carl Recine/Getty Pictures)
They felt the precedence of Barcelona ought to be to reaffirm religion and enhance the phrases of current gamers who’ve been loyal to the badge versus forking out the money to accommodate the wages of a brand new participant.
Rashford was prepared to attend for Barcelona however talks stagnated after Manchester United made it clear they might not carry the burden of his wages.
It might nicely have gone by means of had both Ansu Fati or Andreas Christensen left the membership, however the membership couldn’t afford his wages with each gamers remaining in Catalonia.
Ultimately, Deco and co. prioritized the aforementioned renewals and tied down the gamers to the membership for not less than the following 5 years.
As for Rashford, having waited patiently for Barcelona till late within the window, he finally signed for Aston Villa on mortgage.
