{"id":406632,"date":"2025-09-08T01:33:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T01:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/406632\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T01:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T01:33:15","slug":"pep-guardiola-asked-about-bringing-underestimated-barcelona-star-to-man-city-over-the-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/406632\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola asked about bringing ‘underestimated’ Barcelona star to Man City over the summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TBR Football understands that Fermin Lopez was the subject of enquiries from Manchester City in the summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lopez was wanted by Chelsea<\/a>, who held talks before a move failed to materialise on deadline day for the Spanish international.<\/p>\n

But we can confirm that Chelsea were not the only Premier League side keen, as Pep Guardiola\u2019s<\/a> team also asked about Lopez.<\/p>\n

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City have seen the likes of Kevin De Bruyne and James McAtee depart, whilst Savinho was also linked with a move to Tottenham<\/a>.<\/p>\n

City enquired about Real Madrid\u2019s Rodrygo<\/a>, but we can reveal that Lopez was also a player they considered before the transfer deadline.<\/p>\n

\"FerminPhoto by Jose Breton\/Pics Action\/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesFermin Lopez didn\u2019t want to leave Barcelona<\/p>\n

Fermin Lopez has made it clear, following the deadline and Chelsea\u2019s failed talks, that he was and is not looking to leave the Nou Camp.<\/p>\n

Speaking about his future, Lopez told Mundo Deportivo<\/a>: There has been a lot of speculation, but I\u2019ll repeat: my priority was always to stay at Barca. I never doubted that. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always felt that I wanted to be here, to try to succeed, and to help the club. The future is unpredictable, but yes, I see myself here for many years, hopefully for a long time at Barca.\u201d<\/p>\n

The youngster\u2019s current contract runs until the summer of 2029, which will make a deal for him to leave very complicated for any club interested.<\/p>\n

Lopez has also been selected for Luis de la Fuente\u2019s latest Spanish squad, meaning that he is perfectly content with life at Barca ahead of next summer\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, getting into the team at City and Chelsea would have been tricky given the midfield options at both Premier League clubs.<\/p>\n

Pedro believes Fermin Lopez is \u2018greatly underestimated\u2019<\/p>\n

Former Barcelona star Pedro believes Lopez is \u2018greatly underestimated\u2019 at the Catalan club and sees him having a big future at the Camp Nou.<\/p>\n

The midfielder managed 46 appearances for Barca last season, netting eight goals and providing 10 assists in all competitions.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Mundo Deportivo<\/a> about him, Pedro admitted: \u201cFootballers who are like Ferm\u00edn, who move continuously, are greatly underestimated. In addition, those who move a lot usually arrive in the box and score goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Getting the 22-year-old out of Barcelona will be very tricky to do as he appears fully committed to the Catalan club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TBR Football understands that Fermin Lopez was the subject of enquiries from Manchester City in the summer. Lopez…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[199,82331,94,886,1037,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-406632","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-barcelona","9":"tag-fermin-lopez","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-manchester-city","12":"tag-pep-guardiola","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115166105440309656","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406632","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=406632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}