Barcelona given good and bad news on pursuit of free agent forward

Lille chairman Olivier Letang is not prepared to throw in the towel with striker Jonathan David, who will leave the club at the end of the season next summer. David is out of contract and Letang showed that he is a tough negotiator last summer, during Leny Yoro's switch to Manchester United and not to Real Madrid.

David recently expressed his affection for Barcelona, ​​noting that they were his team growing up, and that the Canadian forward is on their shortlist for next summer. Sporting director Deco evaluates whether he is up to standard in Catalonia according to the latest data. However, Letang was quoted by Sport on RMC Sport speaking on the subject.

“We are not going to sell him in January and we have not received any offers for him.”

“Jonathan's situation is super simple. We are very happy that he is with us. Last season he still had a one-year contract. We could qualify for the Champions League. When you have a boy who scores 20-25 goals a season. We had no obligation to sell it”

Letang says that David also has a new offer on the table from Les Dogues.

“Our position was very clear from the start. We thought about the athlete. It is clear that he already has an offer in his hands, the ball is in his court.”

On the one hand, this news is positive for the Blaugrana as they were not planning to make a move for David in the January transfer market. On the other hand, if Letang plans to keep David, then that's new competition for his signature. Atletico Madrid were also interested at the beginning of last year, but have cooled their interest due to his salary demands.