Ace Ventura wrote:LFC2007 wrote:Barcelona have moved to play down talk that they are set to make a bid for Liverpool's Javier Mascherano.
Sources at the Catalan giants have insisted that the Argentine is not currently on their list of targets.
It is believed that Mascherano was looked at last season by Barca, before he moved from West Ham to Liverpool.
"There exists no contact with the agents because the player is not on our list of objectives," the source said.
Barca had been strongly linked with a bid for Mascherano - who has stated his desire to sign a new long-term deal at Anfield.
They only signed Yaya Toure in the summer so it would be surprising if they were going to come in with a massive bid for a player in the same position.
Especially as he is not a flair player.
I read this yesterday and didn't bother to translate the article as it seemed bullshít to me.
They made out a story just because his agent makes a stop in barcelona coming from a trip from Argentina. The article is simple speculation and they also stress in the same article the first priority is Cesc. They'll hardly convince a player to leave Liverpool if they treat them as second options
I wouldn't be worried!