Posted on December 11, 2021 at 10 p.m. by The editorial staff updated on December 11, 2021 at 10:03 p.m. Desired by many European clubs, Marcelo Gallardo could have joined Barça. His agent revealed a concrete approach to the Blaugrana during the year 2019. Marcelo Gallardo there would be no shortage of suitors across the world. The former midfielder, notably through AS Monaco and PSG , has been the coach of River Plate since 2014. Thanks to a offensive and tantalizing game, the Argentinian technician would arouse the interest of the biggest European clubs. Thus, Juan Berros , the agent of Marcelo Gallardo , revealed that the latter had received a proposal from FC Barcelona in 2019, when Josep Maria Bartomeu was president of Barça . “Two years ago, when he was at River, Marcelo rejected a formal proposal from FC Barcelona. Whether to stay or leave River was not a proposition from a third party, it was a personal decision. It does not depend on a proposal from another team that will change whether or not I stay in River, “said Juan Berros in an interview for the Uruguayan media Sport890. 
“Marcelo rejected a formal proposal from FC Barcelona”
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