Barcelona Transfer News: Arsenal target £50m Barca player; Valverde attacks Guardiola over transfer; Surprising Neymar connection in de Jong transfer, and more - 27th January 2019

Valverde isn't happy about Guardiola during the de Jong transfer
Valverde isn't happy about Guardiola during the de Jong transfer

#5 Arsenal make late bid for Malcom

Malcom
Malcom

Arsenal have reportedly put in a loan bid for Malcom during their negotiations to sign Suarez. Arsenal have targetted Barcelona's Suarez for the last two weeks or so, but it now appears that they are also interested in another Barcelona player, Malcom, as per The Sun.

The summer signing has not impressed the Barca management and the Catalans are set to loan him, with North London rivals, Tottenham Hotspur also interested in the 21-year-old. The report further states that Barcelona could demand up to £50 million for Malcom in the summer.


#6 Neymar text messages convinced de Jong to sign with Barca

Neymar
Neymar

Spanish publication AS are reporting that Barcelona reportedly showed Frenkie de Jong numerous text messages sent by Neymar about how Ligue 1's standards was not up to mark, and that he regretted leaving Barcelona, in a bid to pursue him to sign with Barcelona rather than Paris Saint-Germain.

The Brazilian is also said to have complained about the combative nature of the league, a complaint which was then relayed to de Jong.

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