Barcelona pull out of Seri deal

Barcelona have ended their interest in signing Nice midfielder Jean Michael Seri.

Goal reports that the La Liga giants will now go in for primary targets, Ousmane Dembele and Philippe Coutinho.

Despite agreeing a fee for Seri, there was a disagreement between Barcelona’s board and the club’s coaching staff as to the Ivorian’s suitability.

Seri, who has also been linked with Arsenal and Tottenham, scored seven goals and laid on nine assists in 34 Ligue 1 appearances last season, but he could not help Nice reach the Champions League group stage even as they lost out to Napoli in the play-offs on Tuesday.

Barcelona have only spent €70m on Nelson Semedo and Paulinho, but are itching to splash the €222m from the sale of Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain.

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