The coach has asked the Dutchman, but the squad likes it and has firm defenders within the club
The club will consider the arrival of a midfielder after having tied the striker to replace the march of Luis Suarez, everything points to sign for Juventus after failing to enter plans Koeman . The priority is '9' and then they will analyze how the core is in case it needs to be reinforced and, especially, with what profile to do it. In this sense, there is debate within the entity. On the one hand, Ronald Koeman has put a name on the table: Georginio Wijnaldum , who will turn 30 in November and plays for Liverpool. He knows him well and has already had him at his command during his time as a Dutch coach. In addition, his contract ends in 2021 and he could come out for an affordable price (over 25 million at most). Before the departure of Rakitic and the next one of Vidal, with profiles similar to the Dutch, they have begun to test his signing, but from the offices of the Ciutat Esportiva they assure that at the moment it is not advanced, much less on track.
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Thus, the debate, healthy, is on the table. They are two different profiles, which Barça has suffered in the last two years in the Champions League. The Dutchman scored two goals in Liverpool's comeback at Anfield and Thiago gave a recital at 2-8 in Lisbon. Now, Barcelona has to analyze what is best for the team for the present, but also in the medium term. If the coach, who has also asked Depay , is to be satisfied , or a home-made footballer recovers, who has grown up abroad and would return mature and with the wood of a leader, as he has shown both at Bayern and in the national team Spanish.
At the same time, Thiago yesterday denied having anything done with Liverpool and, as MD has learned, the international would always keep the door open to Barcelona , where he was formed, at least to hear the proposal. So far, unlike Wijnaldum , the negotiations have not started. Follow the debate in offices.