Official! Benfica wanted Barcelona midfielder, but player 'fled' to Deportivo

The Spanish midfielder Marc Casadó was linked to Benfica during the transfer window, but ended up leaving Barcelona on loan. With no place in the Catalan club's plans, the player was linked to several clubs, including the Eagles and Milan, but ended up at Deportivo da Coruña. The Catalans' initial intention was to find a permanent solution for the player, but in the final moments of the market, no proposal came that would allow a permanent exit. Journalist José Álvarez revealed, in an interview on the El Chiringuito program, that Barcelona's priority was to negotiate the midfielder on a permanent basis, not wanting to loan him. According to Álvarez, the club wanted to sell him and Casadó was considering other options before accepting the loan to the Galician side. Marc Casadó himself later left some subtle criticisms about the way the process was handled by Barcelona, admitting that the operation could have been managed differently.