{"id":560788,"date":"2020-08-04T12:02:59","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T16:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=560788"},"modified":"2020-08-04T12:02:59","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T16:02:59","slug":"report-leicester-make-opening-offer-for-francisco-trincao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/08\/04\/report-leicester-make-opening-offer-for-francisco-trincao\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Leicester City Make Opening Offer For Francisco Trincao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1290586145554923521\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/leicester-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leicester City<\/a> have made an opening bid for new <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/la-liga\/barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barcelona<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/77e39b04\/Francisco-Trincao?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Francisco Trincao<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The offer was a loan move with an obligation to buy for a total of \u20ac50 million. However, no agreement has been made with Barcelona, with talks still ongoing.\u00a0 Many other clubs are also still interested in the Portuguese U21 international.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The English club that is trying to get Francisco Trinc\u00e3o from Barcelona is Leicester.<br \/>The first bid was a loan with obligation to buy for \u20ac50M total.<br \/>Still no agreement with Bar\u00e7a and many clubs interested &#8211; but talks are on. Atalanta not in the race atm. \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9\ud83d\udd35 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LCFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LCFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bar%C3%A7a?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Bar\u00e7a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1290586145554923521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Leicester City Make Opening Offer For <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/77e39b04\/Francisco-Trincao?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Francisco Trincao<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>Recent Move to Barcelona for Trincao<\/h3>\n<p>Considering that Trincao only became a Barcelona player on the July 1, it would be surprising to see the Portuguese forward leave on a permanent deal. However, it wouldn&#8217;t be all that shocking to see the youngster go out on loan to get more playing time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"pt\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd1c Francisco Trinc\u00e3o<br \/>Agreement with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SCBragaOficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SCBragaOficial<\/a> for Trinc\u00e3o transfer; he&#39;ll join FC Barcelona on 1 July 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBarcelona\/status\/1223208064087732225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 31, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After announcing in January that a move had been agreed with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/search\/braga\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Braga<\/a> for \u20ac31 million, the forward remained with the Portuguese side till the end of this season, helping them to a third-place finish in the Liga NOS.<\/p>\n<h3>Significant Role for Braga in 2020<\/h3>\n<p>2020 has seen the youngster breakthrough into the Braga first team as a regular starter. Since the new year, he has played in every game in the league for the Portuguese club.<\/p>\n<p>In that time he played a part in 15 goals for the Portuguese club, scoring eight and assisting seven.<span style=\"color: #111111; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 19px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Barcelona Squad Depth<\/h3>\n<p>Barcelona currently have seven forwards in their squad, and the addition for the 20-year-old will make that eight. Although it looks like Barcelona are looking to offload <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/0ef89a37\/Philippe-Coutinho?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philippe Coutinho<\/a>, this will still leave Trincao battling for places with <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/d70ce98e\/Lionel-Messi?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lionel Messi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/df69b544\/Antoine-Griezmann?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Antoine Griezmann<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/a6154613\/Luis-Suarez?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luis Suarez<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/b19db005\/Ousmane-Dembele?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ousmane Dembele<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/0ba976e4\/Ansu-Fati?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ansu Fati<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/85dace26\/Alex-Collado?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Collado<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the depth that Barcelona have upfront, letting the Portuguese youngster leave on loan is probably the most logical move for Barcelona as well as the player. With talks still ongoing with Leicester, it is still certainly possible that we see this wonderkid in the Premier League next season.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"P64ie2I4TDJbhtmEezhUVQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1227779482\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'P64ie2I4TDJbhtmEezhUVQ',sig:'0MkKZRETjUrMmIDzmQYr3DhzYrNqHw3WeOh_QwMyqog=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1227779482',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Fabrizio Romano, Leicester City have made an opening bid for new Barcelona forward Francisco Trincao. The offer was a loan move with an obligation to buy for a total of \u20ac50 million. However, no agreement has been made with Barcelona, with talks still ongoing.\u00a0 Many other clubs are also still interested in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3510,"featured_media":560875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,1365,6,30,3],"tags":[336,464,142,173,5090,41,40,4818,136],"class_list":["post-560788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leicester-city","category-barcelona","category-la-liga","category-news","category-premier-league","tag-antoine-griezmann","tag-barcelona","tag-la-liga","tag-leicester-city","tag-liga-nos","tag-lionel-messi","tag-premier-league","tag-sc-braga","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3510"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}