As Aurélien Tchouameni begins his third season at Real Madrid, it is clear that he is not completely unanimous in Madrid. Often criticized by Merengue public opinion, the player who cost Madrid 80 million euros in 2022 could, however, have signed for Barça. Indeed, the Barcelonans had supervised him on several occasions in Monaco and he was on the list of potential reinforcements. Cesc Fabregas, formerly of Barça, even recommended that management recruit him.
But as explained by Bojan Krkic Sr, former scout of the Catalan club and current manager, the Catalans had refused. “I went to see him two or three times, against PSG and Olympique de Marseille. I always wrote the same thing in my reports: power, strength, passing, aggressiveness in marking – sometimes excessive. But little creativity to play in a big club”he said on the Cadena SER. It’s pretty clear.
