The FC Porto does not have in its sights Riqui Puig. days after the Fiorentina ruled out any attempt by the Barça midfielder, in Portugal They assure that the Portuguese champion does not have him in his plans either.
The U-21 international would have been offered to Portoaccording to A Bola, but despite acknowledging his qualities and virtues, the blue and white team considers that he is not the midfielder profile that the coach Sérgio Conceição seeks to strengthen its template. There was talk of a transfer. Riqui Puig has also been related to Benfica in the Portuguese championship, since the coach of the Lisbon team, Roger Schmidtalready wanted to sign him at the time for PSV Eindhoven
The one from Matadepera is one of the players who does not enter the plans of Xavi Hernandez. The coach informed the midfielder shortly before the end of last season that he would not continue and Riqui He is looking for a destination, aware that his time at Barça is over.
Days ago, he was put in the orbit of Fiorentina. Daniele Pradè, sports director of Fiorentina. denied it: “We are not interested in Riqui Puig. It’s never been on our hit list. We wanted to sign Grillitschbut we had some problems”, sentenced the manager ‘viola’.
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