It’s no secret that Barcelona have been eyeing up a new defensive midfielder for some time now. However, their pursuit is currently playing second-fiddle to the ones for Dani Olmo, who is most likely to arrive at this stage, and Nico Williams, whom club officials are currently pessimistic about signing.
That hasn’t stopped sporting director Deco from looking into possible targets, and in recent weeks, N’Golo Kante is someone that Barcelona have been following. The 33-year-old, who was a standout performer for France at Euro 2024, is keen to leave Al-Ittihad this summer in favour of a return to Europe.
MD have reported that Deco recently put the wheels in motion for Barcelona to sign Kante on loan, but the operation was stopped by Hansi Flick. Flick prefers a younger profile to Kante, and he’s also betting on the players he already has at his disposal – including Marc Casado and Marc Bernal – for the time being.
Deco moved for Kanté, but Hansi Flick stopped his signing because he first wanted to see what the La Masia players could give him. @ffpolo
— barcacentre (@barcacentre) August 4, 2024
Kante could have been a smart signing for Barcelona, especially if he were to arrive on a favourable financial package. However, Flick can’t be blamed for stopping the deal, as he’d only be another stop-gap signing for the Catalan giants. Still, with Oriol Romeu now gone, it could be something that is re-visited later in the month.
Too bad, with him barca would be hard to beat.
There’s no way this is truth. No football coach with any sanity or 2 brain cells would ever refuse experienced defensive midfielder when every person on this planet at this point knows our biggest problem is that we literally don’t have any defensive midfielder.
We probably don’t have money for this player so Laporta put out this lie so we could blame the coach for not having defensive midfielder again.
It’s typical for Barcelona now.
PAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 🫵🤣
Our youngsters will not cope in the long run,kante could have been the problem solver