The Catalan newspaper Sport, quoting British media, said that Barcelona is preparing to make a reciprocal deal with Liverpool in early January when the winter transfer period is opened.
Barcelona had made 7 deals in Mercato last summer in one of the most important transfers of the Catalan club in its history, as it abandoned a huge number of its players and signed new players to strengthen the Xavi Hernandez team to return to the podiums again.
Barcelona signed Christensen and Alonso from Chelsea, Ravenha from Leeds United, Casey from Milan, Lewandowski from Bayern Munich, Conde from Seville, and finally Hector Bellerin from Arsenal.
Memphis Depay was one of the most prominent players to leave Barcelona last summer, but he finally ended up staying, and the Dutchman will not be able to finish the current season in the Catalan team either.
This is what they say in England, which indicated that the Catalan club would be willing to allow Memphis Depay to go to Liverpool next January in exchange for Firmino landing at Camp Nou.
A complete trade-off that would end in favor of both teams. The Brazilian has lost his place at Anfield, with a few months left on his contract, and is looking for a new adventure while the Dutchman is another one in Barcelona's attack, and if there is no drastic turn of events, he will leave the team. The player will be free anyway on June 30th.
Thus, with both players on the same contractual terms (the contract expires in June), the clubs can agree and end up shutting down the process. Firmino is considered to have a similar profile to that of Memphis Depay.