2 seconds from joining Barca in the summer, but they, deportivo board, changed price demands 3 times on Barca, 2 times Barca complied with them upping the price, but when at the last second after delaying for ages, Depor upped it to 20m this time, Barca got the hint and said fvck it, signed Maxwell instead. Deportivo clearly didnt want to sell him, Barca was up for 15m+, but not to be dicked around unprofessionally like that (Filipe was bitching like a kid over it in first couple of weeks of the season).
And as Red shows, he is very unfortunate in being severely injured. The timing was bit off, because Real Madrid was litterally dies away from signing him, even in the middle of the season, they wanted to secure him for the frenzy of the summer. Its funny, them wanting to pay big bucks for him, because he was in Reals reserve/castilla team, before he made his name. They discarded him without giving him any chance.