Barcelona central defender Yerry Mina is reportedly on the radar of West Ham United and Liverpool in the summer transfer window.
Yerry Mina is a very talented and promising young central defender, and there is no surprise that Liverpool and West Ham United have been linked with the 23-year-old.
According to Don Balon, West Ham are interested in signing Mina from Barcelona in the summer transfer window (click here to read more), while Spanish sports programme El Chiringuito has credited Liverpool with interest in the 23-year-old (click here to read more).
Barcelona struggles
The central defender moved to Barcelona from Palmeiras in the January transfer window for a fee reported by The Guardian to be worth £10.5 million.
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The Colombia international centre-back did not have a great time at Camp Nou, as he was able to make only four starts and just one substitute appearance for Barcelona, according to Whoscored.
Mina, though, has stated that he does not want to leave Barcelona, which means that convincing the youngster to move has just become harder for West Ham and Liverpool.
Sport quotes the youngster as saying: “For me, Barcelona are the best team in the world. I don’t want to leave and I never have. I like the club, the city, the people, the players here… everything.”
Barcelona stay
Given that Mina joined Barcelona only in January, it was always going to be hard for West Ham or Liverpool to convince him to leave.
After all, leaving Barcelona for the Hammers or the Reds would be a step down for the youngster, who would be better off fighting for his place at Camp Nou.
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