{"id":576300,"date":"2026-02-09T00:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T00:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/576300\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T00:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T00:23:08","slug":"barcelona-had-received-a-e30-million-offer-for-la-masia-sensation-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/576300\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona had received a \u20ac30 million offer for La Masia sensation in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The January transfer window witnessed Barcelona having a busy time recalibrating the youth team, more than the first team.<\/p>\n<p>With Dro and a few others departing, the club took great time and effort to shore up their ranks in the reserve squad.<\/p>\n<p>However, that\u2019s not to say that the club weren\u2019t busy when it came to first-team dealings. In fact, in the last few weeks of the January market, Barcelona received an offer for Marc Bernal that was hard to refuse.<\/p>\n<p>Galatasaray\u2019s ambitious bid for Bernal<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/es\/noticias\/barca\/pasion-turca-rechazo-marc-bernal-126591382\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Diario SPORT<\/a>, Galatasaray had approached Barcelona for Bernal late in the window, with an offer that raised many eyebrows.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish giants were willing to pay up to \u20ac30 million for a midfielder who has featured in just 21 competitive matches for the club.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/fc-barcelona-v-rcd-mallorca-laliga-ea-sports-1-1-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Marc Bernal of FC Barcelona\" class=\"wp-image-192020\"  \/>Bernal scored in the recent win over Mallorca. (Photo by Judit Cartiel\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Galatasaray were also willing to triple Bernal\u2019s current salary at Barcelona \u2013 an offer that had set off alarm bells within the Blaugrana camp.<\/p>\n<p>Galatasaray were so desperate to sign Bernal that the president, Okan Buruk, himself took the mantle of negotiating this deal with Barcelona. <\/p>\n<p>However, the move did not materialise at the end. It appears Galatasaray were far too late, as Bernal was already set to regain some prominence in the first team.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the failed move to Istanbul has worked out well for the young midfielder, who recently scored in the 3-0 win over Mallorca, much to the <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/watch-lamine-yamal-reacts-to-barcelona-midfielders-well-deserved-goal-vs-mallorca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">delight of his teammate Lamine Yamal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As the Barcelona midfield once again goes through a shuffle, Bernal may have an opportunity to prove his mettle and gain more game time.<\/p>\n<p>However, it will be important to ensure that the youngster remains fully fit, knowing Barcelona won\u2019t like to take any risks with his fitness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The January transfer window witnessed Barcelona having a busy time recalibrating the youth team, more than the first&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":576301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1386,4444,1582,276,137291,2961,224,5337,58841],"class_list":["post-576300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-galatasaray","tag-la","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-marc-bernal"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}