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Barcelona handed purchase option on exciting Santos starlets - report

Related Topics: Barcelona, Santos F.C., Catalonia

Alright, let’s go on a journey. It’s 2013. Your hair looks great, you feel younger, and Barcelona made a deal for Neymar. Included in that deal, was a Barcelona preferential right on three Santos players.

Fast forward to 2016, Barca get mad about a deal Santos made with Inter Milan, and the Catalans end up with an option on both Kaiky Fernandes and Angelo.

Just seen Santos confirmed yday they've written off a €3m debt to Barcelona (for not alerting them correctly when selling Gabigol to Inter) by giving Barça a buy option on two youngsters already in the first team at the Brazilian club.