The 'extreme operation' was the main protagonist of the FC Barcelona transfer market. Although everything points to the fact that the Catalan club will not be able to take on the arrival of a reinforcement for the position due to problems with financial 'fair play', the Catalans did contact several top-level footballers to try to get him to Barcelona. Nico Williams and Rafael Leao appeared as the 'weight' names, while Federico Chiesa and Kingsley Coman were presented as the 'low cost' alternatives.
Precisely, the latter was one of the ones that Hansi Flick liked the most, who already had him under his orders at Bayern Munich. The Bavarian club was looking for an exit for him this summer because the Frenchman has lost prominence in recent months due to his problems with injuries, which is why the Munich side hoped to get rid of him. Barça tried to loan him out, but the Germans wanted them to pay the entire salary of the striker, a condition that was unacceptable for the Catalans, who have many problems when it comes to signing players.
This situation was taken advantage of by Neymar Jr.'s Al-Hilal, who made one of the 'bombshells' of the summer by securing the services of Joao Cancelo, also a target for the Blaugrana squad to shore up the right-back position. The team managed by Jorge Jesus hoped to add proven names to maintain their dominance in the Saudi Pro League and had set their sights on Coman to give their forward line a quality jump, but the player's response was not what was expected.
According to what was reported by journalist Florian Plettenberg of 'Sky Sports Germany', the 28-year-old winger rejected the possibility of signing for the Saudi team. The attacker's wish would be to continue under Vincent Kompany next season, and he has already communicated his decision to the directors of the German club, who will be forced to forget about the 40 million euros offered from the Arabian peninsula for the player.
Winter option for Barça
In this way, Barça would maintain the hope of getting Kingsley's contract in the winter window if they consider it necessary. At that time, the Catalans should have already balanced their accounts and would have a greater salary margin after having signed the renewal with Nike, a scenario that should take place during the first days of September. With the 'fair play' problems solved, the Catalans could once again go for Coman, who was looking forward to training again under Flick.