Barcelona confirm they passed up option to beat Manchester United to Paul Pogba transfer,

Director Albert Soler revealed they had “a priority option” but instead opted to sign Andre Gomes.
The Nou Camp club were understood to have agreed a deal 12 months ago that would give them priority should they wish to sign the 22-year-old for £85million, but – as revealed by MirrorFootball – they informed Barca in February that they wouldn’t be exercising their option.

And Albert Soler, the club’s director of sporting relations, moved to clarify that Pogba could have been a Barcelona player today had they wanted to follow through on the deal.

“Last year we reached a deal with Juventus for us to have a priority option when they sold Pogba,” he said.

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