After securing Messi, Ronald Koeman is ready to use IDR 785 billion in funds

KOMPAS.com – Ronald Koeman prepared to use an injection of funds from Barcelona IDR 785 billion after securing Lionel Messi.

The funds were Koeman’s first step to overhaul the squad in Barcelona.

The reshuffle of the squad in the body of Barcelona is in accordance with the direction of the club president, Josep Bartomeu, considering that this season did not even win a trophy.

As is known, the appointment of Ronald Koeman was intended to restore Barcelona’s unsatisfactory performance when it was handled by Quique Setien.

Koeman then has more authority to choose the best players who will fill the Barcelona squad.

However, the plan was known to have jammed Lionel Messi stated that he wanted to leave Barcelona.

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As a result, Barca’s focus was divided on dealing with Lionel Messi’s problems and reforms within the club.

Now, after Messi has confirmed that he will stay at Barcelona until his contract expires, Bartomeu and Ronald Koeman have resumed their pending plans.

Reported by BolaSport from TeamTalk, Barcelona started the initial steps to overhaul the club with a fund of 40 million pounds, or around Rp785 billion.

It is known that the funds will be used to recruit the former Manchester United winger, Memphis Depay.

Memphis Depay is the Blaugrana’s target because of Ronald Koeman, who has worked with the Dutch national team.

Despite being claimed to have failed with Manchester United, Depay returned to shine when he moved to Lyon in early 2017.

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On the other hand, Depay claims he does not want to leave Lyon because he feels happy and has new dreams there.

However, Ronald Koeman insisted that he wanted to bring in his former foster child because he felt the player suited his game strategy.

Given that Barcelona has a ticket to the Champions League. This is what Koeman allegedly used as a weapon to lure Depay to move to Camp Nou.

According to the same source, Depay is actually an alternative choice of recruiting Borussia Dortmund prodigy, Jadon Sancho.

But unfortunately, Sancho has a very expensive release clause and he is currently a target of Manchester United.

Given that Depay played with Koeman in the Dutch national team and was much cheaper, he is the best alternative because he wins in terms of experience.

Apart from Barcelona, ​​Memphis Depay is also known to be in demand by the Premier League giants, Arsenal. (Reno Kusdaroji)

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