Barcelona failed with attempt to sign PSG midfield star on loan in the summer

Despite having missed out on some of their targets such as Bernardo Silva and Marcelo Brozovic, Barcelona enjoyed a largely successful transfer window.

The Catalans brought in several top-quality players and got rid of a lot of deadweight from the squad while loaning out players who were in need of regular game-time.

Ilkay Gundogan and Oriol Romeu arrived to strengthen the midfield department at Barça, but it appears that Xavi and the club wanted more.

Barcelona tried to sign Marco Verratti

Indeed, as per Onze Mondial (h/t SPORT), Barcelona made an attempt to try and sign PSG midfield superstar Marco Verratti on loan in the summer window.

The Italian international is on his way out from Paris this summer and is on the verge of sealing a transfer to Qatari outfit Al Arabi.

Before this, though, Verratti was courting serious interest from Saudi Arabia as well, while some elite teams from Europe also tried to sign him as per the report.

And, Barcelona were among those who approached PSG with the idea of signing the Italian international on loan.

The 30-year-old has been on Barça’s radars for ages now and links to him end up resurfacing almost every summer, as was the case again this year.

PSG refused loan approaches

Apart from the Catalans, Chelsea, and Bayern Munich also made overtures to secure Verratti’s services on loan.

However, PSG were uninterested in offloading the 30-year-old midfielder and would only consider his exit on permanent transfer.

None of Barcelona, Chelsea, and Bayern Munich were willing to pay a sum for Verratti, though, and as such nothing materialised.

Now, though, the 30-year-old is set to bring his 11-year association with PSG to an end by moving to Qatari club Al Arabi.