The Dutch international Georginio Wijnaldum did not confirm or deny this Thursday the information that places him as a possible signing of Barcelona for the next season. “They are just rumors, at the moment I can't say anything”said the midfielder with a smile when asked about the matter at a press conference for the Netherlands team.
Wijnaldum, 29, repeated the same answer when asked for his opinion on whether he could be an important piece of the Catalan club and for his preferences for the next season. “I thought you were going to say that I can be a pillar of the Dutch team,” he added at the insistence of one of the journalists. “If you ask me about the” orange “, I can answer”.
The Dutch press has published that Wijnaldum is negotiating his incorporation to Barcelona, conversations that would have the approval of his current club, Liverpool. The culés could be made with their services paying between 15 and 20 million euros, assured the two most read paid newspapers in the Netherlands, 'De Telegraaf' and 'Algemeen Dagblad'. The midfielder has a contract with Liverpool until the summer of 2021, but Barcelona would have asked him not to renew to try to sign him.
On the other hand, Wijnaldum said there are mixed feelings among the players of the Dutch team about Ronald Koeman's departure to Barcelona. “The team is sorry he left, but we are happy for him. If you do that as a player, you are in the same situation. We have to move on, “said the footballer, who acknowledged that he is going to” miss “the former coach.
The Netherlands plays this Friday against Poland and next Monday against Italy in matches corresponding to the League of Nations.