It is no secret to anyone that Atlético de Madrid wants to move in the market to get some piece that covers the departures of Matheus Cunha and Joao Félix. Both attackers left for the Premier due to the lack of minutes under the management of ‘Cholo’ SimeoneTherefore, reinforcing the offense is a priority for the mattress sports management.
From the heart of Madrid they have been interested in the services of Borja Iglesias, but its high market value poses a problem for the club’s finances. That is why the alternative that he likes the most in addition to the Galician is Memphis Depay, the FC Barcelona footballer.
At 28 years old, He is one of Xavi’s discards in the Barça squad and he would not look badly at a movement that gives him a new start within LaLiga. However, the player wants to leave for free while Barça is in the business of obtaining economic revenue for his departure, an amount that would be much less than the 30 ‘kilos’ in which the ‘9’ of Betis would be valued.
This being the case, information from the journalist Gerard Romero assures that in the Cívitas Metropolitano they have offered a member of the squad as a bargaining chip for the Dutchman. “At the moment that Atlético de Madrid officially proposed to Barça that they wanted to take Memphis, they put an exchange for the soccer player Thomas Lemar on the table,” pointed out the driver of ‘Jijantes FC’.
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Atlétlico de Madrid proposes to Barça an exchange of Memphis Depay for Lemar
Barça is in no rush for the player to leave, they would only leave in exchange for a financial offer
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However, he added that Barcelona does not want to know about any offer that does not include money in between, since it would not be in a hurry to leave the former Olympique Lyon. “Barça, for the moment, has ruled out that option and is asking for money if they want to take the Dutchman now. They are in no hurry to leave until the last week of the market when they recover the suspended Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres”he concluded.
