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Barcelona’s hijacking of Arturo Vidal from Inter has backfired badly
Barcelona successfully hijacked two transfers during the summer.
Malcom's move to Camp Nou dominated the headlines because of the way in which the Catalans had surreptitiously swooped for the Roma-bound Bordeaux winger.
However, it is also worth remembering that Arturo Vidal was all set to sign for Inter until the Nerazzurri had their heads turned by Luka Modric, thus allowing Barcelona to steal in and quickly wrap up a €20 million (£17.8m/$23.2m) deal for the Bayern Munich midfielder while the Italians were still courting the Croatian.