Ramon Planes reveals how close Barcelona came to signing Alexander Isak and Darwin Nunez

Ramon Planes has been chatting about his time with Barcelona and revealed how shut the Catalans got here to signing each Alexander Isak and Darwin Nunez.

Isak is at the moment hoping to seal a blockbuster transfer to Liverpool from Newcastle after impressing within the Premier League with the Magpies.

The Sweden worldwide has been linked with Barca a number of instances over latest years and Planes mentioned a switch very practically occurred.

“Then there have been gamers who’ve been in a position to come and it was not doable. I bear in mind the case of Isak, a participant that I significantly favored quite a bit,” he instructed Sport.

“I noticed him as a striker with a Barça profile, a really associative striker, a striker with numerous mobility. I favored him quite a bit at Actual Sociedad. I’d let you know that we have been additionally very, very, very shut, very shut on the time. However it was to not be.”

Planes additionally revealed the Nunez was needed at Camp Nou as a possible substitute for Luis Surez.

“And so did Darwin Núñez. After I was in Almeria I bear in mind speaking to Ronald Koeman to include him and make a venture similar to Pedri’s,” he added.

“Signal him for little or no cash and depart it in Almeria. However Benfica got here and paid 25 million euros.

“We had Darwin very shut as a doable substitute little by little for Luis Suárez. I feel the seek for the centre-forward is a thorn within the facet. Having discovered that centre-forward for the following ten years for Barcelona was a problem that was not doable.”

Barcelona are prone to be out there for a striker once more subsequent summer season, with the membership wanting to herald a substitute for Robert Lewandowski.