The manager's plans for the season could have been quite different had two last-minute moves fallen through
Barcelona boss Ronald Koeman has admitted that the hectic business carried out by the club on deadline day was “a b*tch”.
Owing to their crippling levels of debt, the Blaugrana spent the majority of their transfer window attempting to lower their wage bill.
The cost-cutting exercise continued through to deadline day, with Antoine Griezmann departing the club and Luuk de Jong being brought in at the last minute.
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What was said?
With moves for Griezmann and De Jong having gone to the wire in terms of when the paperwork was filed, Koeman told Sport: “The aggravation we had on the last day, with practically no time to find a solution, it was a b*tch.