Aleix Vidal has been playing actual football for the actual Barcelona team recently, which is something of a surprise. The former Sevilla fullback was somewhat ostracised by manager Luis Enrique, leading to inevitable transfer claims.
The Premier League clubs apparently do not meet the ‘sporting goals of the player’.
Whilst that may be understandable with struggling Swansea, and Bob Bradley’s side aren’t so attractive an idea at the moment, it doesn’t make quite as much sense for Southampton.
Things haven’t gone swimmingly all the time since Claude Puel took over but the club is steady and Vidal could probably consider himself lucky to get an offer from Southampton.
Barcelona’s opinion at the moment is that Vidal will probably leave in the summer, but they’re not as keen to force a January transfer as perhaps they once were.
