Joan Laporta turned heads earlier this week when she stated that Barcelona have rejected a €200m bid for Lamine Yamal. The 16-year-old has been in scintillating form since breaking into the first team earlier this season, and club officials are keen to keep him at all costs.
While many find it hard to believe that an offer of that amount was received, let alone rejected, there certainly could be some truth. This is what Fabrizio Romanu said The Daily Briefing that Paris Saint-Germain were approaching Barcelona with a view to signing Lamine Yamal this summer.
“Joan Laporta will have raised some eyebrows with the comments made in an interview, with the president of Barcelona saying that the club said no to a proposal of 200 million euros for Lamine Yamal. My sources have confirmed that the club that approached Barça for Yamal was Paris Saint-Germain – there is interest from the French giants, but at the moment I have no confirmation of an official or formal proposal.
Barcelona he wants to make sales this summer to alleviate his financial problems, but what is clear is that Lamine Yamal is off-limits – and they understand that.
