{"id":314775,"date":"2025-08-03T14:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T14:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/314775\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T14:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T14:32:10","slug":"barcelona-boss-makes-stance-clear-to-deco-after-red-devils-big-offer-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/314775\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona boss makes &#8216;stance clear&#8217; to Deco after Red Devils &#8216;big offer&#8217; claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona boss Hansi Flick has made his \u2018stance clear\u2019 over Fermin Lopez as Man Utd prepare a \u2018big offer\u2019 for the midfielder, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils have have already made three signings this summer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/every-premier-league-transfer-release-completed-summer-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>with Mathueus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo arriving<\/strong><\/a> from Premier League clubs Wolves and Brentford respectively, while Paraguayan youngster Diego Leon has joined from Cerro Porteno.<\/p>\n<p>Widespread reports indicate that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Man Utd<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0are looking to sign three more players before the end of the transfer window with Ruben Amorim wanting a striker, a midfielder and a goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd look to have settled on RB Leipzig\u2019s Benjamin Sesko as their top centre-forward target, while there have been rumours that Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Gianluigi Donnarumma could be an option to improve their goalkeeping position.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils have also been linked with a number of midfielders this summer\u00a0with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-guerra-valencia-green-light-ineos-ready-finalise-transfer-quick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Valencia defensive midfielder Javi Guerra looking like a top option last month<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, that deal hasn\u2019t progressed with Man Utd also linked to a potential hijack of Ipswich Town\u2019s deal for Middlesbrough midfielder Hayden Hackney, who is holding out for a bigger move.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/yamal-mbappe-most-valuable-footballers-in-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twenty most valuable footballers in the world: Yamal, Mbappe rank high as Arsenal duo included<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A report earlier this week claimed that the Red Devils are preparing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-big-offer-barcelona-midfielder-ratcliffe-willing-pay-fortune\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u2018big offer\u2019<\/strong><\/a> for Barcelona midfielder Fermin with the Premier League side \u2018willing to pay a fortune\u2019 to land the Spain international.<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd have now apparently \u2018expressed direct interest in signing Fermin and is willing to submit a financial offer in excess of \u20ac70 million.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>But further reports in Spain on Sunday claim that Barcelona boss Flick has made his stance \u2018clear\u2019 to the La Liga club\u2019s sporting director Deco.<\/p>\n<p>Flick \u2018doesn\u2019t want to lose\u2019 Fermin \u2018under any circumstance\u2019 with the report adding: \u2018The German coach has sent a clear and forceful message to Deco and the FC Barcelona sporting directors:\u00a0Fermin is untransferable, not for 70 million euros or any other amount.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE ON MAN UTD ON F365<br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-fernandes-summer-u-turn-al-nassr-jesus-reunite-ronaldo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man Utd star performs summer transfer U-turn as his former coach \u2018wants\u2019 to reunite him with Ronaldo<\/a><br \/><\/strong>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-newcastle-sesko-chooses-new-club-three-alarm-bells\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Man Utd, Newcastle target Sesko \u2018chooses new club\u2019 but three \u2018alarm bells\u2019 ring<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-set-low-asking-price-hojlund-rejects-sesko-swap-deal-leipzig\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Man Utd set low asking price for Rasmus Hojlund as Dane rejects Benjamin Sesko swap deal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018The coach considers the midfielder from El Campillo\u00a0a key player in his sporting project\u00a0and isn\u2019t willing to give him up, no matter how much the transfer market becomes turbulent.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Former Man Utd defender Gary Neville reckons \u201cit can\u2019t get worse\u201d than last season for the Red Devils and thinks they need a new goalkeeper to change their fortunes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-neville-reveals-next-signing-ineos-need-prediction-25-26-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Neville said on Sky News\u2019 Business Live<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cYeah, [United\u2019s transfer business] could be a bigger challenge than the economy\u2026 I think the two signings are good signings yet, there\u2019s a couple more needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they need a goalkeeper. And I think if they fill those two positions with decent signings, then United can have a lot, I mean, they have to have a better season than last year. It can\u2019t get any worse, really.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona boss Hansi Flick has made his \u2018stance clear\u2019 over Fermin Lopez as Man Utd prepare a \u2018big&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[199,50056,82331,94,76739,225,98,12,101,10031,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-314775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-deco","10":"tag-fermin-lopez","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-hansi-flick","13":"tag-home-page","14":"tag-manchester-united","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-premier-league","17":"tag-soccer","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114965325307448456","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}