Barça stops the signing of Heurtel and denies the existence of a formal offer

The point guard is in Barcelona, ​​where he was going to undergo a medical examination before negotiating his possible return to the club.

FC Barcelona assures that it has not made any formal offer to the basketball player Thomas Heurtel despite the “interest” that there was at one point in acquiring his services, to the point that the player and his family are in Barcelona, ​​a city who arrived this Friday from China, the Frenchman’s previous professional destination.

Although Heurtel, upon his arrival at the airport, spoke to the media who were waiting for him, practically assuming his signing for the Blaugrana club, sources from the entity assure Europa Press that beyond the interest and confirming that he was made to travel To pass these medical tests, there was at no time a formal offer.

The same sources indicate that the club has backed down on re-signing Heurtel, who left Barça in a bad manner in January 2021 after trying to sign behind the club’s back with Real Madrid, a team he joined in summer of that year and from which he also left through the back door due to a night out in Athens taking advantage of a Whites match in the Greek capital.

Thus, despite the fact that the player is in Barcelona and was willing to undergo the review, negotiate the contract and sign it to be able to make his debut as soon as possible – as a patch for the losses of Raul Neto, now outside the club, and the injured Nico Laprovittola —, the Blaugrana club is backing down, amid endless criticism from the Blaugrana fans and surroundings regarding this possible return of the Frenchman, and is no longer betting on Heurtel as a replacement for ‘Lapro’.

From now on, Barça’s intention is to find a new solution to the real problem that the coach, Joan Peñarroya, has in the base position, where the players Tomas Satoransky and Juan Núñez do not offer the offensive solution, in terms of outside scoring. , which Laprovittola did provide and could provide Raul Neto who, with two muscle injuries, could barely play 7 minutes in two games.