Monchi threatens Bordeaux over Malcom move to Barca

Monchi threatens Bordeaux over Malcom move to Barca

Así se gestó el fichaje de Malcom por el Barça / | Maite Jiménez

The Roma sporting director was left raging after his target was taken off his hands

Roma have not taken Malcom's deal to join Barcelona well and are hitting out at Bordeaux over the negotiations.

Sporting director Roma says he is considering taking the French side to court.

"We are looking at our options and seeing if we have a legal case,” said Monchi.

"It is true that nothing was signed, but there are many messages with the agents and (Bordeaux) president that are at least worth being assessed.

“(Bordeaux chief Stephane) Martin told me that an offer had come in from Barcelona that was better than ours and that if we did not raise our offer we could not have the player.

"I told him that we had an agreement, we had made the deal, but he said that nothing had been signed and that, despite having exchanged some documents to be signed, nothing could be done.

"I informed our president telling him of the change, and he gave me the green light to push forward and make a new offer that was better than Barcelona's.

"I informed them that Roma were ready to beat Barcelona's offer. At 11pm we submitted a formal document with the offer (Roma chief) Pallotta was willing to make.

"I told them enough is enough. We did not want to enter an auction: We could not continue like that."