It is becoming more and more unlikely that a deal between Barcelona and Atlético Madrid over Saúl Ñiguez and Antoine Griezmann will go through, Spanish media reported on Sunday. according to ASH the Catalan club now has an alternative in mind, because Ronald Koeman still wants to add a physically strong midfielder to his selection. Portuguese international Renato Sanches of Lille OSC is in the picture at the Camp Nou.
‘Recambio Renato’ (Replacer Renato, ed.), is written above the article of the sports newspaper, which also made room on the front page of Sunday for the midfielder, who will turn 24 next month. Koeman is looking for a midfielder with physical, dynamic and a good shot as characteristics. The Portuguese international complies with these conditions and can ASH be the player who will end up at Barcelona.
In that case, agent Jorge Mendes will have to deliver a tour de force to get Sanches into the Camp Nou. According to the sports newspaper, Barcelona only wants to rent the midfielder, but with a mandatory option to buy until June 30, 2022. This is due to the financial situation of the club. los Azulgrana, especially now that the board has reached an agreement with Lionel Messi about a contract extension behind the scenes.
It goes without saying that Lille would prefer to sell one of its trendsetters right away for a good price, if they were to change their minds at all. The reigning champions of France already lost Boubakary Soumaré to Leicester City, while Mike Maignan left for AC Milan. The club from Northern France does not want to lose more tastemakers towards a season in which the league title is defended and they want to cut a good figure in the Champions League. Sanches’ contract, who is also linked to Liverpool as Georginio Wijnaldum’s successor, also runs for another two years.
Sanches has revived his career in Lille’s kit. He made a transfer of 35 million euros from Benfica to Bayern Munich in 2016 and was named Golden Boy, the prestigious prize of the Italian newspaper that same year. Tuttosport to the greatest talent on the European fields. He did not get further than 53 duels in the Bavarian main force and a loan to Swansea City was not an undivided success either. In the summer of 2019, he left for Lille for an amount of 25 million euros, where he rediscovered his football happiness.