Barcelona was very close to snatching a good signing from Atletico Madrid in this winter market, but the Madrid club prevented him from being loaned out or entered into an exchange deal with Memphis Depay.
The player and his agent pressed hard to demand approval for his departure, and the situation left wounds in his relationship with Atletico Madrid. The Rojiblancos club does not want him in the next season, and since he asked to go to Barcelona, Simeone did not make him a regular player in his squad, which made his situation disgusting.
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We are talking about Yannick Carrasco who took a risk by betting on Barcelona and Atletico Madrid they felt their situation was very bad, forcing them to let him out, which they did not expect.
In fact, at Club Atletico Madrid, the attitude of his agent, Benny Zahavi, who pressed them a lot and pulled the rope to the extreme that would end with the Belgian leaving the club in the summer, was very annoying.
Zahavi had already worked well with Barcelona to finalize the signing of Lewandowski and in Carrasco’s case he was unable to complete the deal in January but it seems clear that everything will be finalized in June.
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The Belgium international wants to leave Atlético and his clear priority is Barcelona, who have finally managed to secure a purchase option for Carrasco for around €15m from June 30.
Carrasco has interest from several top clubs, but his only option is to wear the Blaugrana shirt and that could make the process cheaper. At Barcelona, the deal is appropriate due to the quality of the player and because his salary is acceptable within the club’s new salary policy.
Source: Sport