It sounded almost too good to be true, as, Mundo Deportivo on Monday announce that the FC Barcelona lurking on the Danish national team player Martin Braithwaite.
According to the Barcelona-based newspaper, the management at the Nou Camp designated Braithwaite as the perfect replacement for the langtidsskadede Ousmane Dembélé.
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But apparently, there is something to it.
In any case, writes the Spanish journalist Gerard Romero from the radio station RAC1 on Monday night that Martin Braithwaites agent has arrived to Barcelona to negotiate a deal in place.
El agente de Martin Braithwaite, Ali Dursun, está a BARCELONA ( es el mismo agente que Frenkie De Jong)
— Gerard Romero (@gerardromero) February 17, 2020
Esta mañana MD ha dado su nombre como el tapado y el agente ya está por here I. #mercato #Barça a @EsportsRAC1
'Martin Braithwaites agent, Ali Dursun, is in Barcelona (he is also agent for Frenkie de Jong). In the morning, Mundo Deportivo him on the cover, and the agent is there already', writes Romero.
FC Barcelona's interest in Martin Braithwaite has arisen because both Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembélé is reported out with long-term damage.
the Spanish rules, however, coach Quique Setién has now received dispensation to download an attacker, even though the transfer window closed at the end of January.
And it has brought Martin Braithwaite in the game.
the Attacker has enjoyed great success in Leganés, since he moved from Middlesbrough. First on hire and then on a permanent contract. In the current season he has scored six goals and made two presentations. In the last season he scored against this particular Barcelona at the Nou Camp.
According to Mundo Deportivo, however, especially the performance of bundklubben, that has been Barcelona to take note of the dane's name. They write that the Leganés already at the end of the January transfervindue feared that storklubben would come with an offer.
It did not happen, but now can skadesproblemerne seemingly open a door to an otherwise fairly unlikely to switch. Braithwaites advantage is supposedly that Quique Setién is looking for a player that can both play the hero promotion, but also can be used as the left edge.
It requires, of course, to Leganés will give the dane prior to an important battle against relegation. At the time of writing, two points from the relegation zone in the Spanish series.
the Newspaper Sports wounds, however, doubt about the project on Monday night.
Here you write to the newspaper, sources in Leganés rejects that there has been contact. The sources whereas the club does not intend to backtrack on the dane frikøbsklausul, amounting to eur 150 million. crowns.
the Extra Leaf has unsuccessfully tried to get a comment from Martin Braithwaite.
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