When negotiating the transfer of Memphis Depay to Atletico, Barcelona tried to set some kind of condition, aware that the Madrid club was keen on their player, and asked the Madrid-based club to send Yannick Carrasco in the opposite direction as part of the deal. And while that idea was not well received at the Wanda Metropolitano, both clubs eventually got what they wanted. Atletico will sign Depay already in January, and Barcelona Carrasco in the summer. If they decide they still want him.🚨🚨✅| FC Barcelona can sign Yannick Carrasco for €20M in the summer. Total agreement reached!@goal [🎖️]— Managing Barça (@ManagingBarca) January 19, 2023 The Spanish Marca writes that during the negotiations on the transfer of Memphis Depay, the Catalan club agreed with Atletico the right of first refusal to purchase the Belgian winger at the end of the season for 20 million euros. Atletico decided to take this step after realizing that they would not be able to get 60 million euros for the player, which was the sum they told the leaders of Barcelona. A sale in January was by no means out of the question considering Carrasco’s importance to Cholo Simeone’s team, which, after two consecutive setbacks, called into question a place in the Champions League next season.Felix as a symbol of Atlético’s bad maneuvering in success: Nine of the ten most expensive transfers were flopsColchoneros tried to assure Barca that Carrasco is worth nothing less than Raphinha and Ferran Torres, but they forgot about his age (turned thirty) and the fact that his contract expires in a year and a half. And that he does not plan to extend it, which Pihi Zahavi, the Belgian footballer’s agent, told the leaders of Atletico, and since there were no other serious offers, Madrid had no choice but to agree. This, of course, does not mean that Barcelona is obliged to buy Carrasco this summer for the mentioned sum, but after the end of the current season, they will be able to look at all the options on the market and only if they judge that they need him, they will sign him.##NAJAVA_MECA_6955079##
