Barcelona Almost Signed Isak – Ramón Planes

Newcastle striker Alexander Isak could have been a Barcelona player, Ramón Planes has said. The former Barca chief revealed this while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, the La Liga champions were very close to signing Isak while he played in La Liga for Real Sociedad, but the transfer fell through in the end.

Planes added that he saw the forward as a Barcelona type of player but a deal could not be reached to sign him.

His words, “Then there have been players which had been able to come but it was not possible. I remember the case of Isak, a player who I particularly liked a lot. I saw him as a striker with a Barça profile, a very associative striker, a striker with a lot of mobility. I liked him a lot at Real Sociedad. I would say to you that we were also very, very, very, close at the time, very close. But it was not to be.”

WOW.

Futbol Club Barcelona is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.

Founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, Catalan, German, and English footballers led by Joan Gamper, the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism, hence the motto “Més que un club” (“More than a club”). Unlike many other football clubs, the supporters own and operate Barcelona. It is the third-most valuable sports team in the world, worth $5.51 billion, and the world’s fourth richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €582.1 million.

The official Barcelona anthem is the “Cant del Barça”, written by Jaume Picas and Josep Maria Espinàs. Barcelona traditionally play in dark shades of blue and garnet stripes, hence nicknamed Blaugrana.

In March 2021, Lionel Messi overtook Xavi’s record of 767 games played for the club, and presently has made 778 official appearances in all competitions, while also holding the record for the most appearances in La Liga matches for Barcelona, with 520.