Barcelona closed the transfer market on a frantic Tuesday by agreeing with Sevilla the transfer of Luuk de Jong, a Dutch striker long requested by Ronald Koeman, And that after being ruled out he ended up becoming the chosen one, in an operation that made clear the economic weakness of a Barça so busy lowering its payroll as earning money for transfers.
The operation, agreed between the two clubs within the term, did not become official until Griezmann’s departure from Barça to Atletico Madrid took place, which did not happen until after midnight and caused the incorporation of the Dutch striker to be questioned.
The arrival of De Jong, who will sign for one season, will mean a symbolic disbursement to Barcelona, who will also take charge of his salary for this season, becoming the only last-minute signing of the azulgrana club, that began the day negotiating a possible incorporation of Edinson Cavani that did not fructify by the refusal of Manchester United and had to lower its expectations overwhelmed by its difficult financial situation.
The option of the Dutch footballer returned to the plan during the meeting held on Monday morning by Joan Laporta and Ronald Koeman, accompanied by Ramon Planes and Mateu Alemany, in which the coach put his name on the table in front of the impossibility of the club being able to cope with a top-tier signing.
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De Jong signed for Sevilla, from PSV Eindhoven, in the summer of 2019 and paying the Andalusian club $ 12.5 million for his incorporation. During his time at Sevilla he played a total of 94 games in which he scored 19 goals.
With his arrival at the Camp Nou, Barcelona understands that he joins a footballer with a different profile to Martin Braithwaite, as the Dane has greater mobility at the forefront while De Jong is a ‘9’ properly finger, area player and striker he claimed to have in his Koeman squad.
Barça thus closed its transfer market, transferring the dramatic image of Joan Laporta’s management in the economic plan and hoping to overcome this situation during this season in order to be able to go to the summer market in 2022. .