Plus Barcelona is looking for a player to back up Luis Suarez at center-forward, a position that isn’t Vela’s best. Given that Vela, who had 14 goals and 13 assists, making him LAFC’s leading scorer and a league MVP finalist in the team’s inaugural season, is a fan favorite in Southern California, it would likely take a lucrative offer to pry him away, even on loan.
Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times