Report Explains How Failure to Sign Marco Verratti in 2017 Has Shaped Barcelona's Transfer Policy

​Barcelona reportedly used last summer's failure to sign Marco Verratti from Paris Saint-Germain to shape their transfer policy this year by refusing to be kept waiting by clubs unwilling to do business and switching to more attainable targets. Barça wasted too much time trying to negotiate with PSG last summer when it became clear that the French champions would not budge. It meant that when pursuits of Willian and Adrien Rabiot threatened to follow a similar path, the club knew they had to... Via All the latest breaking football news, transfer rumours, analysis, and match reports - 90min http://www.90min.com/