Chelsea showed made efforts to sign Barcelona’s Fermín López towards the end of August. At least, that’s what the Catalan media insisted.
The Club World Cup winners weren’t successful in securing the 22-year-old’s services last summer.
On September 3rd, the attacking midfielder said he was flattered with Chelsea’s interest, but his desire was to continue at Barcelona.
Chelsea wi.. come up against Fermín when they host Barcelona in the Champions League today. Ahead of this clash, Tuesday’s edition of AS looks at the interest shown by the Blues last summer.
The Spain international was an ‘object of desire’ for Enzo Maresca’s side, who reportedly went ‘all out for him’.
AS say the transfer depended on the player giving the final green light, but this never happened. His decision to continue at Barcelona has paid off as he managed seven goals and four assists from 12 matches this season.
Sport claims the player was the ‘winning bet for Chelsea’.
The newspaper report they made a €70m bid that wasn’t entertained by Barcelona. It’s to be noted other claims reported Chelsea didn’t offer more than €40m.
According to Sport, Chelsea’s project didn’t excite Fermín as much as staying at Barca.
His sale to the Blues would have improved Barcelona’s finances but would have lost an important player.
Sport says he’s a player with a ‘splendid present and an even brighter future’. The La Liga winners are delighted Fermín is currently at the Camp Nou and he’s now a key player under Hansi Flick.