Barcelona were keen on Manchester United defender Victor Lindelof this summer, says his agent.
Lindelof’s agent – Hasan Cetinkaya – has claimed that Barcelona ‘s interest in his client intensified after Juventus won the race to sign Dutch starlet Matthijs de Ligt from Ajax.
“Victor Nilsson Lindelöf was perhaps Manchester United‘s best player last season and with that comes interest from clubs who are better on the pitch right now,” he told Sport Bladet after the Swede penned new terms last week. “When Mathijs De Ligt chose Juventus, Victor became Barcelonas first choice. His play style, his DNA is very close to the way Barcelona plays.
“He’s one of the best center backs on his feet and Barcelona wanted him. That was it. I can talk openly about that now.”
His agent claimed he attempted to push through a move to Spain but United were unwilling to sanction the deal.
He added: “They contacted Ed Woodward multiples times with concrete offers. I met with their head of transfers Matt Judge to try and get a deal through.
“But they said ‘There is no way. Victor is one of our best players’.”
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