Chelsea offer for Fermin Lopez confirmed!

Former Barcelona board member Joan Soler has confirmed that Chelsea made a ‘very vital’ provide to signal Fermin Lopez final summer season.

A doable big-money deal for Lopez had additionally been mooted all through the window and reviews emanating out of Spain claimed the Membership World Cup holders had examined Barcelona’s resolve with a ‘dizzying’ bid for the Spain worldwide.

Nonetheless, the Spanish champions made it clear they’d no intention of shedding their La Masia academy graduate and the 22-year-old determined to remain put so as to battle for a daily beginning berth on the Camp Nou, and he has gone on to rack up 11 objectives and 12 assists in 32 appearances for Barca this season.

‘There was a really vital provide for Fermin from CHELSEA in the summertime, however the participant didn’t need to depart and we didn’t need to promote,’ Soler, who lately stepped down from his place on the board at Barcelona, defined to Cadena SER.

‘Barca shouldn’t be a promoting membership and we’ve to retain our homegrown gamers. We additionally had a €250m provide to promote Lamine Yamal lately. It got here by means of brokers and that deal didn’t undergo both.’

‘Maintaining Lamine and the gifted kids has been a hit for Deco,’ he added. They’ve all had nice gives and most popular to remain. They really feel the membership is theirs and we’ve managed to create a membership the place the gamers really feel like they belong.

‘That is essential for reaching success.’

IcChelseaNews says…

Lopez is exhibiting simply why we have been in the summertime, he has been sensible this season so it’s a disgrace that we couldn’t get a switch deal finished, as we stated, he would have been a superb signing for the membership.

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