Barcelona president, director met with super-agent – report

Super agent Pini Zahavi was in Barcelona recently and the representative of Robert Lewandowski, met with club president Joan Laporta and director of football Mateu Alemany, reports Gerard Romero.

The journalist reports that the super agent and the Barcelona delegates met for a meal, during which possible transfer movements could have been discussed. 

It must be noted that Zahavi shares an excellent relationship with the Barcelona president and it was one of the reasons why the Blaugrana were successful in landing Lewandowski from Bayern Munich last summer.

Interestingly enough, Barcelona were recently linked with another one of Zahavi’s top clients, namely, Yannick Carrasco. The Atletico Madrid winger was extensively linked with Barcelona as the parties looked to cater a €19 million move for the Belgian.

The Catalans had tried to sign the Belgian winger in January as part of the deal that saw Memphis Depay move to Atletico. But the move did not materialise although they did secure a purchase option worth €19 million for Carrasco for this summer.

Barcelona had been on the lookout to sign a winger but given the troubling state of finances and a lack of outgoings, they decided not to activate the option, which expired on June 30.

Now, apart from Carrasco, Celta Vigo midfielder Gabri Veiga is another one of Zahavi’s clients who Barcelona were linked with. The Catalan team was linked with the young midfielder over a month ago but the cost of the transfer once again forced Barcelona to cool off their interest.

Now, the recent meeting between Zahavi, Laporta, and Alemany could have been informal, but it cannot be ruled out that there could have been talks of the market movement.