Barcelona’s just recently concluded summertime transfer window was far from eventful with the club mostly detached from the marketplace.

Their just finalizings of the window were Dani Olmo and Pau Victor while the sales consisted of huge names like Ilkay Gundogan, Mikayil Faye, Vitor Roque and Julian Araujo.

While certainly their monetary problems stopped their development in the market, Barcelona pressed to sign young stars up until the eleventh hour and made numerous beneficial finalizings for Barça Atletic.

One such child they revealed eager interest in was 17-year-old Malaga winger Antonio Cordero, likewise called ‘Antonito’.

Malaga main verifies interest

Speaking in a current interview through Mundo Deportivo, Malaga sporting director Loren Juarros verified that Barcelona had actually certainly gotten in touch with the club over the gifted striker’s finalizing.

“On August 29, I received a call from the director of FC Barcelona’s grassroots football (José Ramón Alexanko), but we will make an effort to ensure that Antoñito stays here, within the limits of normality and demands,” he stated.

The Catalans supposedly pushed up until the eleventh hour to land Antonito for Barça Atletic and even reached a contract in concept to sign him.

Malaga, nevertheless, firmly insisted that they depended on the 17-year-old even after his present agreement and refused Barcelona’s deal. They are therefore promoting an extension at the earliest.

Antonito’s agreement ends next summertime and Barcelona can grab his services totally free if he declines a renewal.

Last season, he played 22 video games for the Malaga first string and contributed in their promo to the very first department. In truth, he scored the essential objective for his side versus Nastic that protected their promo to the playoff.