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La Liga giants Barcelona found themselves rebuffed in efforts to bring in two of the club’s leading transfer targets this summer.
That’s according to **[Diario Sport](https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/fiasco-luis-diaz-decidio-fichar-120582570)**, citing German outlet BILD, who have on Wednesday provided an insight into the situation.
It is of course common knowledge across Spain at this point that Barcelona suffered a firm rejection on the part of Athletic Club star Nico Williams back in early July.
With an [agreement on the terms of a contract already in place](https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1935600939387568631) between the parties, Nico pulled the rug from under Deco and co, to sign a new long-term deal in Bilbao.
From here, Barca turned focus towards the signing of then-Liverpool wide-man Luis Díaz.
As per Sport, however, the Colombian also knocked back the advances of the Blaugrana, in favour of joining Bayern Munich:
‘Bild, which has spoken to Bayern sporting director Max Eberl, explains that the German club were convinced that they would sign the Colombian in mid-June. What’s more, Luis Díaz rejected Barça to choose Bayern for those dates.’
Such setbacks ultimately culminated in Marcus Rashford being brought in on a season-long loan from Manchester United.
Conor Laird – GSFN