The president of the Nice desveló this past Sunday, in an interview conceded to French means, that the FC Barcelona threw backwards to last hour in the signing of Jean-Mickael Seri, when already it had it practically enclosed, and that the own Josep Maria Bartomeu telephoned personally to the French director to transmit him his apologies.
It said him that the 'no' of the signing had arrived from the technical plot, since the technical body of Ernesto Valverde did not consider then the arrival of Seri like prioritaria, neither much less, taking into account the 'overbooking' of existent midfield players to day of today.
Precisely that is the reason by which Valverde desestimó the signing. No by desconfiar of the quality of Seri, that finds in the diary of several big clubs of Europe, but by the fact to trust already in the midfield players that has in the staff, and that they are of big quality although some of them, as André Gomes and Denis Suárez, still have not exploded.
In any case, the confidence of Valverde in the staff is total, and is thus that after the descarte of Seri so only asked the arrival of an attacker that gave depth and amplitude to the field. Three days afterwards fichó to Ousmane Dembélé, contenting like this the club the pretences of Valverde.
Valverde, convinced of the potential of the Barça
The technician extremeño is convinced that the FC Barcelona, with the players that has at present in the staff and the presence of the best footballer of the world, Leo Messi, will be able again to struggle by all the titles at stake to the end.
The aim is that the Barça, further to go winning the parties as it has done with the two first days of League Santander 2017-18, improve of progressive way the game for ilusionar to the public with goleadas and dose of big football. With effort, can achieve.