This is the revelation of this end of the season in Spain. Josep María Bartomeu, president of FC Barcelona between 2014 and 2020, recently gave an interview to ESPN by discussing numerous subjects linked to the Catalan club and Real Madrid. Furthermore, the businessman returned to the transfers of Kylian Mbappé to PSG and Vinícius Júnior to the Spanish capital. And according to him, the two attackers were very close to playing under the Azulgrana tunic. “Vinicius was interested in the club, we spoke to his family, to his agents, and there was a principle of agreement” Bartomeu detailed, before continuing. “Madrid perhaps made a better offer than Barça and the club was able to afford Vinicius”.
About Mbappé, he said that the star was determined to make his appearance at PSG, even after some discussions with his father. “Monaco asked for very high figures that Barça could pay at that time. We were the club in the world that earned the most money, the one that had the best ratios. Well, the truth is that we were in a very good economic situation. I remember speaking to Mbappé’s father several times, but Paris Saint-Germain pressed Monaco and Mbappé a lot. I think he also preferred to go to PSG, a French team”. Words that could make noise before Sunday’s Clasico.
