Mascherano rejects Juve to stay at Barca

Juventus just restarted the deal to buy Mascherano a few days ago. However, the Serie A champions were once again disappointed when they received a rejection from this star.

The Turin team wanted the Barcelona star to join them, to fill the defensive midfield position left by Paul Pogba, as Juve decided to sell Pogba this summer for 120 million euros. However, the Serie A champions were once again disappointed.

Juventus have just restarted the deal to buy Javier Mascherano a few days ago. The Turin team wants the Barcelona star to join them, to fill the defensive midfielder position left by Paul Pogba. Because Juve decided to sell Pogba this summer for 120 million euros. However, the Serie A champions were once again disappointed.

According to DiarioSport, Mascherano has agreed to stay at the Nou Camp. He and his agent are in the process of negotiating a new contract with Barca's leadership. It is expected that in early August, the Argentine international will officially sign a new contract with the Catalan team.

Earlier this summer, Mascherano expressed his disappointment with the way Barca's leadership had treated him. The 32-year-old felt that the Nou Camp bosses were not sincere in their refusal to negotiate a new contract with him. Out of frustration, Mascherano announced that he would leave the Nou Camp and he had his sights set on Juventus as his new destination. At that time, it was reported that the Argentine international had reached a verbal agreement on a three-year contract with the Turin club.

However, Barca later sent Technical Director Robert Fernandez to the US to convince Mascherano to stay, while he was playing with the Argentina national team at Copa America 2016. Faced with the enthusiasm of the club's leadership, Mascherano calmed down and then changed his mind.

The reason why Juve has recently approached this player again is because they know that Mascherano wants to return to his favorite position as a central midfielder, instead of being "nailed" to the position of center back like at Nou Camp now. They have committed to letting him play in Pogba's position in the Juve squad.

Mascherano's current contract with Barca is still valid until the summer of 2018, with a release clause of up to 100 million euros./.

According to bongdaplus.vn