Barcelona Taking Players from Chelsea – How Did it Unfold?
Barcelona and Chelsea are one of the main players in the summer transfer window. But there is one difference: if the Catalans get almost all the players they want, the Blues do not. This summer, the Londoners signed defender Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli and winger Raheem Sterling from Manchester City. The transfers are very good, but these are not all the players that Chelsea wanted to get. It so happened that the players that Chelsea need are being taken away by Barcelona. It all started with Antonio Rüdiger. Upon learning that the Blues were having difficulty negotiating a contract extension with the player, the Catalans tried to lure him over. After moving to Real Madrid, the German admitted that the Catalans were interested in signing him. However, the football player…