Barcelona answer Spurs signing: we were never interested in him
Speaking to SPORT, the Catalans denied that the new Tottenham signing was never really the subject of any meetings or negotiations.
"We never sat down with the player or his representative. They wanted to sit down with us, but we never did anything."
Aurier moved to Tottenham in the summer, partly as a means for PSG to balance the books after shelling out €222 million on Neymar.
The Ivory Coast international has made a decent start to his career in London, but before moving there he claimed that “my reputation made four or five big European sides afraid.
I was negotiating with Barcelona, very advanced negotiations. And Barcelona's people were not sure if I came here things would be different."
Aurier showed plenty of promise in Paris, but trouble off the pitch kept him from ever becoming the consistent threat that his talent promises.
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