Barcelona rejected Mbappe and Haaland ... preferring Dembele and Boateng
The Spanish newspaper "Marca" revealed that Barcelona could have played in its ranks now, the most prominent young duo in the world, the Norwegian striker Haaland, Borussia Dortmund, as well as Frenchman Kylian Mbappe, the star of Saint Germain's attack.
She said that when the club was led by former president Joseph Bartomeu, he missed a historic opportunity that could not replace the two stars, but it favored two players, namely the Frenchman Dembele, as well as Ghanaian Kevin Boateng.
She said that in the period when Mbappe was a player in Monaco at the end of the 2016-2017 season, an agreement was reached on his transfer to Barcelona for 130 million euros in addition to 25 million variables, but the club's management refused at the last minute, and preferred to contract with Dembley (the German player Dortmund) Previously), for 140 million euros.
The revelation came through the famous players' agent, Junior Mingila, who was involved in the deal, and the publication of WhatsApp talks confirming what he said.
It is noteworthy that Barcelona, after Neymar's move to Saint-Germain, quickly began to search for a player to replace him, taking advantage of the 222 million euros, and he had the opportunity to join Mbappe, but club officials told Menegilla that "Mbappe does not fit the way Barcelona plays."
Then Mbappe moved to Saint-Germain for 180 million euros, and last Tuesday he showed his great potential when he scored a hat-trick from his team's quadruple against Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League final.
As for Haaland, when he was still a player in Salzburg, Austria, he was offered by his agent to the Barcelona administration at the end of 2018 for an amount of less than 20 million euros, but the club considered Haaland a player with average specifications, and not suitable for "Barcelona style".
He preferred to sign an elderly Ghanaian Kevin Boateng for 18 million euros, as he only played in half a season only a half, while Haaland moved in January 2019 to Dortmund with twenty million euros, and starred remarkably, so much so that this season he tops the league's top scorer list. The champions with 8 goals.
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