“It was revenge” – Agent reveals how Malcom snubbed Roma for Barcelona

The agent of new Barcelona signing Malcom has revealed why he decided to do a ‘U-turn’ on his transfer to AS Roma. 

The former Bordeaux star seemed destined to make the move to the Serie A club as they looked to spend some of the money raised from the sale of Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson to Premier League side Liverpool.

However, a last minute change of heart saw the 21-year-old make the move to the La Liga champions instead in a deal worth roughly €41 million.

Malcom’s agent has revealed that the talented playmaker had no problem with walking away from late negotiations with Roma due to how the Italian club previously acted in a previous transfer for young goalkeeper Daniel Fuzato.

Leonardo Cornacini told Tuttomercatoweb: “The truth is that we decided not to go to Roma because they behaved badly with us.

“I was working on a deal for Fuzato, who is another of my clients, but Roma closed it with another agent, although it’s worth mentioning that I have nothing against him. In short, it was revenge.

“I’m sorry to say it, but that’s what it was. Roma behaved badly with us, 10 days before with the Fuzato deal, so we acted the same way towards them.

“Given the attitude shown towards us, I decided, together with Malcom, that the best destination wasn’t the Giallorossi one.

“And then again, in the same deal for Malcom, Monchi had involved other intermediaries. Today, however, Malcom is happy to be a new signing for Barcelona.”

Both sides play this Sunday, with Barcelona’s next fixture coming against Sevilla in the Supercopa del Espana final, whereas Roma will face Torino in their first Serie A fixture of the new season.

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