Rodrigo Is The New Story Of Barca's Failure In The Transfer Market

Rodrigo Moreno (Twitter @MKarneh)

JAKARTA - Barcelona's failure to sign Rodrigo Moreno is just the latest in a series of chases that ended badly for the Catalan club. Yes, similar stories have occurred frequently over the last few seasons.

Rodrigo is targeted as an important Los Blaugrana signing this winter to replace the injured Luis Suarez until the end of the season. However, failure occurred again, leaving deep frustration for the Camp Nou troops.

One leg of Rodrigo seemed to be in Quique Setien's squad, but Valencia fought back. Finally, the striker decided to stay at the Mestalla.

In talks with Portuguese football agent Jorge Mendes, the name Bruno Fernandes (Sporting Lisbon) also appeared. However, he prefers to play in the Premier League with Manchester United.

The decision of Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu to publicize every move the club takes in the transfer market is an odd one. Their plans have a tendency to go into general consumption before anything actually happens.

It's like when we saw the 'film' made by Barca before. When Ernesto Valverde was on the brink of sacking, they tried to convince Xavi Hernandez to join. In fact, Setien was appointed to be the head coach.

Even last summer the club was clearly looking to sign Neymar. Their every step and every trip to Paris became known to the public. But Neymar has remained in Paris, as has Marco Verratti, before.

Even Antoine Griezmann took longer than they wanted to arrive in Catalonia. He even produced a documentary film entitled La Decision to show his loyalty to Atletico Madrid before finally betraying the public of the Wanda Metropolitano.