The agent explains how Barcelona missed out on Kylian Mbappe after the French striker gave the green light

Agent Josep Maria Minguella has been involved in a number of Barcelona's biggest deals over the decades, including bringing Lionel Messi to the club. It could play its part in the arrival of Kylian Mbappe, but the Blaugrana decided to go in a different direction.

Real Madrid announced the signing Kylian Mbappé on Monday night, the culmination of a prosecution that has lasted more than a decade. The Blancos made four attempts to sign him, when he was a teenager at AS Monaco, as an 18-year-old when he left for Paris Saint-Germain, in 2022, and again in 2024.

What is less known is that Barcelona also missed a chance to go after Mbappe. Agent Josep Maria Minguella, who has been heavily linked with the club, told RadioMarca that Barcelona have rejected the possibility of pursuing him in favor of Ousmane Dembele. His words were carried by Sport.

“My son, who was in France, told me that Monaco liquidated the team. So, I spoke with the parents personally, the boy was 18 years old, and with the departure of Neymar, they told me that it would be a pleasure to go by boat. I said Barcelona and they answered that, for the same value, Ousmane Dembele was more suitable for them. They thought that the Borussia Dortmund footballer was more suited to Barca's way of playing. It's a short but sad story.”

It's a story that has already been commented on by Minguella in 2022, with former manager Javier Bordas also saying he had also tried to persuade the Blaugrana to sign Mbappe over Dembele in the past.

The final results do not paint a good picture for Barcelona, ​​a common theme from the transfer policy during the tenure of Josep Maria Bartomeu. Barcelona, ​​if it wasn't already, will be well aware of what they were missing in the next five years.