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Georginio Wijnaldum, celebrating a goal with the Liverpool

HE LIKED To RONALD KOEMAN

Wijnaldum explains why he did not sign for FC Barcelona

Published:6/10/2020 - 21:21h

Updated:8/10/2020 - 14:04h

Georginio Wijnaldum Was one of the players that sounded for the FC Barcelona on request of Ronald Koeman, but finally finish remaining in the Liverpool

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When Ronald Koeman arrived to the FC Barcelona, no only centred in the possible low, but it also put several names on the table regarding possible signings. One of them, to reinforce the centre of the field, was the one of Georginio Wijnaldum, footballer of the Liverpool that the technician culé knew of the selection of the Low Countries, but finally remained in the group 'network'.

In spite of that was sounding with strength during weeks, Georgino Wijnaldum remained in Anfield, where feels important to the orders of Jurgen Klopp. This week, the midfield player of the Liverpool finds concentrated with the selection of the Low Countries to play the parties of the international day of October and went the protagonist of the previous press conference to the party against Mexico.

The day that Wijnaldum tumbó to the Barça in Champions

During the turn of questions, Georginio Wijnaldum was asked after his frustrated signing by the FC Barcelona and the midfield player of the Liverpool surprised explaining that it considers that the interest of the Barcelona club never was the sufficiently solid as to formalise in an offer. "I think that it was not very serious. Of the contrary would have heard more on the subject or would have happened more things, but there was not at all concrete", commented.

The FC Barcelona fixed in this midfield player of 29 years by the big experience purchased after a dilated career in which his provision have gone of less to more, with a big progression. In his starts, was a player of three chambers of field upwards, playing like mediapunta or extreme. With the years, his game went diversifying and now is a midfield player todoterreno effective in a lot of facets of the game.

Georginio Wijnaldum Is a footballer that has presence in the two areas, with a deployment that allows him help defensivamente but also arrive to the finish in offensive zone. Physically it is a portento, but also stands out technically so much by his good driving as by his reliability in the construction of the game. Without place to doubts, had been a big reinforcement if the economic stage had allowed it.

Wijnaldum, the same that Depay

Georginio Wijnaldum Was not the only international Dutch that sounded for the FC Barcelona but that did not arrive to concretise his traspaso. Memphis Depay, forward of the Olympique of Lyon, remained even more near of the Camp Nou that the midfield player 'network'. Finally, the Barcelona club could not assume his signing neither his wage, since Ousmane Dembélé refused to the Manchester United and did not free the mass salarial.

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