A true hero of qualification in the final of the Champions League of Inter Milan against FC Barcelona, Yann Sommer could have followed a very different trajectory. Sport Reveals that in 2019, Ramon Planes, then technical secretary of the Blaugranas, had negotiated with the Swiss to make it the replacement for Marc-André Ter Stegen, before the Cules finally fell back on Neto.
This has made the operation alert: the absence of sufficient financial means. Barça wanted to sell Jasper CILLESSEN a substantial sum in order to finance the arrival of Sommer. A deal with a Premier League club was close, but the operation crossed. The residents of Camp Nou then had to settle for an “exchange” with Valence, who allowed the arrival of Neto, in addition to collecting 9 million euros. A heartbreaker for the Catalans, since the current inter-actor mastered the Spaniard and was ready to assume the role of number two, while the negotiations for his arrival were very advanced.
