Further of the possible signings of Nico Williams and Dani Elm, the FC Barcelona has marked the arrival of a mediocampista like one of his main aims for this market of signings. Joshua Kimmich and Mikel Merino are the alternatives preferred of the entity blaugrana, but his operations have represented a 'quebradero of head' for the club from the economic point of view, by what the culés have studied other options as 'plan B'.
In Can Barça handled several names, being Wendel one of the most surprising in the list. The Brazilian pivote is one of the maximum figures of the Zenith of St. Petersburg and one of the best players of the Russian league, by what the Catalans sopesaron his incorporation in front of the impossibility to assume other signings like the one of Amadou Onana or the one of the already mentioned Joshua Kimmich.
In spite of that the Barcelona interest did not trascend further of these informations, the true is that his signing is seat contested by several clubs, especially from Turkey, where the player would have poster in one of the most important clubs of the league. According to Turkish means, the Galatasaray was very near to do with his services. Directors of the entity otomana agreed the purchase of the footballer with his current team, and the own Wendel had accepted the offer of the current champion of the Superliga.
However, in an unexpected twist of the events, the negotiations between both parts complicated and his signing by the 'Galata' finished falling because of the economic difficulties of the institution. The Turkish had problems to effect the payment of the traspaso because of the pending sanctions and other financial details, and although they tried to recess the price of his transfer, the Zenith kept his posture and demanded 30 million euros by his index card, what 'froze' the arrival of the Brazilian to 'The Turkish hell'.
Mourinho avoided his arrival to the Galatasaray
The Fenerbahçe of José Mourinho had a lot that see in the negotiations fallidas between the Galatasaray and the Zenith. The immense rivalry between both clubs is very known, and according to the half Turkish 'Çubuklu Sports', the president of the 'Fener', Ali Koç, put in contact with the boss of the Zenith and advised him that it did not sell to Wendel to his rival, since "the Galatasaray still does not have money".