Serie A
Barcelona are in talks with Inter over two high-profile swap deals
Barcelona are looking for mid-season reinforcements and are in talks with Inter Milan to sign Brozovic and Correa, alongside Kessier and Depay, according to Spanish media.
Xavi and the Barcelona players have been busy for the past 24 hours with the Spanish Super Cup, where they lifted the trophy with a 3-1 win over Real in the final in Riyadh on Sunday night, but at the same time the club’s management is busy chasing transfers.
The proof is today’s (16/01) Sport, in which the Catalan media report that the Blaugrana people are in touch with their Inter side to consider two possible moves.
One concerns the move of Memphis Depay to the Meacha (he did not play in the Spanish Super Cup) in exchange for Joaquin Correa (fourth pick in Inter attack behind Lautaro, Dzeko and Lukaku), with the two teams also talking about the possibility of exchanging Frank Kessier and Marcelo Brozovic.
The report in question even claims that the two clubs do not intend to cash in on any of the above deals going through, the example of Kessier and Brozovic being telling as they both have similar cash holdings (€6m) . per year).
Whether this smoke will ignite a bigger fire from the Catalan side remains to be seen, as ‘As’ journalist Javi Miguel reports (a few hours later) that Xavi doesn’t want to part ways with Memphis Depay in exchange for ‘Tuku’ Correa and the lawyer of Dutch striker Sebastian Letour explain:
“There are no negotiations with Inter, I dispute the reports, it’s not a possibility we’re considering.”
Source: sport 24
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