Setien: I refused to let Barcelona sign Fabian Ruiz for one million euros Barcelona The midfielder departed to Napoli last summer

Barcelona were eager to sign Fabian Ruiz from Real Betis for one million euros but their previous head coach Quique Setien insisted that they reject the Blaugrana's offer.

The 23-year-old moved to Napoli last summer and performed excellently at the European Under-21 Championship, where he was also crowned the Player of the Tournament after leading Spain all the way to glory.

"Barcelona wanted to pay one million euros to take Fabian for their reserve team and I refused as we wanted him at Betis," Setien told Radio MARCA.

"When I arrived [from Las Palmas], I saw Fabian's potential and we decided to keep him.

"He needs to improve certain things, but he has an incredible ability to learn and he has a wide development margin.

"[Napoli] paid 30 million euros for him and if he had continued [at Betis] I have no doubt that they could have earned 60m euros from his transfer at the moment."