Lucas de Vega
Journalist: Spurs suffer blow in their attempt to sign £89m midfielder
Tottenham have shown an interest in signing Lucas de Vega from Barcelona this summer. Earlier this week, Spanish publication Diario AS claimed that Spurs are keen on signing the Barcelona B midfielder. In fact, the north Londoners were reportedly working on a deal to bring him to England. The highly-rated 20-year-old has been chased by a host of clubs including the likes of Sporting Gijon, Malaga, Tenerife, and Real Zaragoza. He impressed heavily on loan at Segunda Division B side Cartegena last term where he made 17 league appearances. According to Tom Allnut, sports correspondent in Spain for AFP, Barcelona have informed Spurs that the player won’t be sold. The Catalan giants see him as an important player for Barca B this season. Barca have told Tottenham Lucas de Vega not for...
We want to win LaLiga on pitch – Barca coach
Barcelona coach, Quique Setien, insists he wants to win the LaLiga title on the pitch. Spanish clubs are waiting for news when the competition will resume. For now, Barca lead the table and could be crowned champions if the season is now abandoned. Setien said, “Common sense would indicate that if it cannot continue, the logical thing would be for it to remain as it is. “But what we want is to end it. I’m looking forward to finishing it. “I wouldn’t want to win the championship if it stayed like this.” Get more stories like this on Twitter
