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Barcelona Transfer News: Malcom Reportedly Unwanted at Club After Roma Snub

Barcelona summer signing Malcom is reportedly an outcast at the Catalan club just two months after rejecting a transfer to AS Roma at the last minute to join the Blaugrana instead.

RAC1 (h/t ESPN) reported Barca manager Ernesto Valverde never wanted his side to move for the former Bordeaux winger, who spurned a move to Roma and joined La Liga's reigning champions for €41 million.

Malcom missed out on a place in the squad that drew 1-1 at home to Athletic Bilbao on Saturday as Ousmane Dembele was preferred on the right flank. It's said Valverde "does not know where to play and when to play him.