Barcelona officially ruled out the signing of Real Valladolid right-back Iván Fresneda this week after advancing in their negotiations to sign João Cancelo on loan from Manchester City, and one of the club’s key decision makers is not happy about it.
Diario SPORT reports that newly appointed sporting director Deco believes the club made a mistake in not focusing all of their efforts in securing the arrival of the 18-year-old Spanish youth international, and that Barça have missed out on their best opportunity to sign the player at a reasonable price.
Fresneda was Deco’s number one target at right-back, a position the executive saw as the one in most need of reinforcements as soon as he took the job at an unofficial capacity in July, and he spent the entire transfer window looking to convince Xavi Hernández that Fresneda was the best choice due to his potential and future projection.