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Missed each: Barcelona can sign Sommer in 19 years, but failed due to no additional budget

May 9th According to the Spanish media Daily Sports, Sommer helped Inter Milan advance with his magical performance in the Champions League semi-finals, and the Swiss goalkeeper almost joined Barcelona that year.

reported that in 2019, Cilesen clearly expressed his willingness to leave the team due to insufficient opportunities to play. Barcelona's technical secretary leads the transfer negotiations and hopes to sign Sommer as a substitute for Ter Stegen.

From all aspects of the conditions, Sommer is the perfect choice. The transfer fee will not exceed 9 million euros. He also speaks Spanish and is willing to serve as a substitute goalkeeper. However, Barcelona does not have an additional budget to buy the goalkeeper. They must return funds by selling Cialisen to pay Sommer's transfer fee, but no team has ever made a substantial offer to Cialisen.

In the end, Valencia and Barcelona reached a goalkeeper swap agreement, and Cilesen became Valencia's main goalkeeper, and Neto was able to join Barcelona. Sommer's transaction failed.

In 2023, the Swiss national goal joined Bayern to replace the injured Neuer. Inter Milan then paid 7 million euros to sign Sommer to replace Onana, who left the team. This season, Sommer, as the main goalkeeper, helped Inter Milan reach the Champions League final.