Is Mascherano close to Barcelona? Not at all!. Inter don't give up and sent a 20-million offer to Liverpool, 8 million more than Barcelona, according to the Sun. The English tabloid also published a comment by Marco Branca: "At the moment we haven't spoken to the players, we want to do things rightly and we want to speak with the club first. Everybody knows that Mascherano wants to leave England and he has a good relationship with our coach, Rafa Benitez. This is crucial."

On the bid: "We sent a good offer, close to their demand. We are a good team with good players, but we want to do a couple of acquisitions to complete our squad.".