This Monday at night, the Dutch media 'Telegraaf' ensured that the FC Barcelona and the Olympique Lyon had arrived to an agreement for the traspaso of Memphis Depay in return of 25 million fixed euros more other five of variables. A news that ran like the gunpowder when treating of the forward that Ronald Koeman carries demanding since it arrived to replace to Luis Suárez.
Through the Catalan media, the FC Barcelona denied that the agreement was closed still but from the Olympique Lyon have gone even more far. In concrete, the French club has pronounced through a communiqué of his president, Jean Michel Classrooms, in his official account of Twitter to deny the informations and, besides, to put in doubt that can produce the traspaso.
In his tuit, the president of the Olympique Lyon was brief, clear and concise, ensuring that Josep Maria Bartomeu, his homologous in the FC Barcelona, had communicated him directly that the Catalan entity, as a result of the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus, did not have sufficient resources as to do a solid proposal by Memphis Depay.
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"The president of the FC Barcelona said me the Sunday that the FC Barcelona was suffering a lot by the crisis of the Covid and did not have possibility to do an offer", said Jean Michel Classrooms, referring to a supposed conversation with Josep Maria Bartomeu. A tuit in which the president of the Olympique Lyon included the link of the news of 'Telegraaf' that gave the agreement by enclosed.
Like this the things, everything seems to indicate that the signing of Memphis Depay will follow postponing at least until it have resolved the 'operation gone out'. Players like Luis Suárez, Arturo Vidal or Samuel Umtiti do not go in in the plans of Ronald Koeman and elevate the mass salarial until some levels that do not allow important manoeuvres to level of signings.
If finally the FC Barcelona achieves to solve the most urgent cases in when to sales, will be able to face the arrival of Memphis Depay. It is necessary to remember that the Dutch forward finishes his agreement with the Olympique Lyon the next month of June and that the Barcelona club could take advantage of this situation to force to the French picture to sell in front of the fear of a 'escape' free in few months.