Barcelona sporting director Deco was on Friday drawn on the ongoing speculation, linking Jonathan Tah with a move to the club.
The name of defender Tah has of course dominated the headlines in Catalunya’s capital over the last 24 hours.
This comes after reports surfaced in the Spanish media, pointing towards a fresh round of talks as having taken place between the Barcelona brass, and the German’s representatives.
Jijantes, in fact, went as far as to claim that:
‘The operation, after the aforementioned meeting, is practically completed and both parties are very happy.’
During an appearance in front of the media on Friday, it therefore came as little surprise when the subject of the alleged sit-down in question was put to Blaugrana director Deco.
Asked directly ‘has there been a new meeting with Tah?’, however, the Portuguese moved to play the situation down, responding simply:
“No, no.”
Conor Laird – GSFN