Not exactly sure if it was Barca who just backed out of wanting to sell due to nobody coming close to their asking price/demands or if it was also us who decided against wasting time negotiating till the last day to try make it an ‘option’ instead of an ‘obligation’ to buy, but i think it’s for the better, looking at it long term he might have turned out great for us but short term(and most important atm) this is the exact type of transfer we should avoid, even more so when besides being injury prone he would also be very expensive.