Coronavirus effect: Barcelona bought it for 18 million euros, played only 128 minutes and they are already looking for a new destination

The pandemic caused by the coronavirus, which currently has Europe and the United States as its main foci, caused an economic crisis in the world market and soccer is no exception. Several clubs are studying different proposals and lowering the wages of their athletes to cope with this situation.

Before this panorama, Barcelona would have in mind to get rid of a footballer who hired last month. In this way, the signing of Martin Braithwaite would become testimonial.

The striker arrived at the Catalan institution in February from Leganés in exchange for 18 million euros, the value of its termination clause. The scorer came as an experience player to replace the injuries of Luis Suárez and Osumane Dembélé at a key moment of the season, since the culé Key clashes were looming for La Liga and the Champions League.

However, following the spread of COVID-19, all activities stopped, leaving Braithwaite with only 128 minutes played and Luis Suárez soon to return to the fields. In addition, he will not be able to demonstrate his talent with the Denmark team in the Euro Cup, an event that was postponed until 2021.

According to the newspaper Sport, the attacker could leave the club in the next pass market with the intention of obtaining fresh money to face the signing of some star worldwide. Even West Ham and Everton are shuffled from the Premier League as possible destinations. The Spanish, in case of sale, will seek to recover the 18 million euros.

It also mentions Torino and Sassuolo of the Italian Serie A as variants, although they clarify that the survey was for a loan with a purchase option.

As of today, Spain is one of the countries most affected by the coronavirus pandemic, which has already affected more than 530,000 around the world. This European country is the fourth with the most positive cases (64,059) and the second with the most deaths (4,858), second only to Italy.