Local Marseille paper "La Provence" are reporting that Barcelona would be interested in signing Marseille's Mathieu Valbuena, but no official contact has been made. Right after, Spanish paper "Sport" claims Barcelona sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta contacted Valbuena's agent. The paper also reported that Barcelona are prepared to launch a bid of €15million. This was later on confirmed by his agent Christophe Hutteau to RMC Radio
I can confirm only that I discussed Mathieu with [Barcelona sporting director] Andoni Zubizarreta some time ago He felt the same as their technical staff: that he’s is a very good player whom they all appreciate. He told me that a number of offensive players would leave Barca [this summer].
But Mathieu is currently at Marseille and feels happy there.
Marseille sporting director Jose Anigo informs Canal+, after Marseille's pre-season match against FC Porto, that he has no idea about the reports. He also claims Valbuena wasn't informed about the contact.
I'm surprised, I know, that the player is not aware , and neither do we, so I'll let you judge that information.
