The Barcelona transfer thermometer: The final hour of negotiations and rumours

The departure of Arda Güler (18 years old) from LaLiga has become almost a matter of state in Turkey, with constant information about what his next destination will be, and in his country they began to see his arrival in Real Madrid, who will pay around 20 million euros: more than the termination clause.

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The soap opera is over. Croatian midfielder Marcelo Brozovic (30 years old) has ended his time at Inter Milan and signed for Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia, who offered him a juicy three-year contract.

Barça tried to sign Brozovic to replace Sergio Busquets, but they cannot compete economically with the offer from Al Nassr and now they must continue to search the market for alternatives in the pivot position.

The ‘Oriol Romeu (31) operation’ has already initiated the first contacts. This is the most likely option that Barça manage to strengthen the midfielder, a position that Xavi considers key after the departure of Sergio Busquets. The coach gave the go-ahead and asked the club to speed up his hiring, although not ruling out other options just in case.
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The young winger Iván Fresneda (18 years old), a Real Valladolid footballer, was preferred by the sports management of Barça to occupy the right line of defense, a position in which there is no specialist, but the Catalans are not the only interested in the player and if they don’t make a move in the next few days they will see how he got away.

The latest information coming from Italy indicates that AC Milan has started contact with Fresneda’s representative to discuss his possible inclusion in the ‘Rossonero’ squad this summer and that there will be a good deal to close the deal.

He is a midfielder with a good inside game and Xavi Hernández reckons he meets the midfielder profile sought at Barça to feed Lewandowski the ball. Among those who fit this profile is the Argentine who has been on loan at Villarreal from Tottenham for the last two seasons and his future is up in the air: a contract there until 2025. Lo Celso could be the last reinforcement for the midfield as long as there is some first Departures .

The Basque center back (32) will be azulgrana in the next few days if there are no casualties. This Tuesday he was ‘caught’ wearing a Barça polo shirt at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper.
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Everything indicates that Yannick Ferreira Carrasco (29 years old) will not sign for Barça this summer. The Belgian is an alternative and the Catalans have a purchase option for 16 million, but the term for its implementation ended on June 30.

Despite the fact that the Fiorentina midfielder wants to wear Barca, the club’s skepticism for him has made the Moroccan international consider other options. The Moroccan has a contract with the Viola club until 2024. Xavi is on his agenda, but he does not occupy a priority position in his list of midfielders in place of Sergio Busquets. Now he seems to be in the orbit of Manchester United, although he expects a move from Barça.

The current U20 World Cup champion has become a coveted player. The young Uruguayan (20 years old) has been in the orbit of Barca for a long time but more and more teams are interested in signing him and that increases the cache of the player. José Luis Palma, president of Liverpool Montevideo, confirmed that the transfer price of the midfielder is 8 million dollars. At Barça they manage very good reports about Fabricio Díaz, but the sports management of Barça also clearly has other priorities and they will not bet on his inclusion unless there is enough margin to make the remaining signings.

FC Barcelona announced the signing of Ilkay Gündogan (32 years old), who will sign for two seasons, until June 30, 2025, including the optional and will have a termination clause of 400 million euros.
The Manchester City captain who lifted the treble with the ‘citizen’s’ team will wear the azulgrana next season. Comes without a contract.

FC Barcelona announced the agreement with Samuel Umtiti (29 years old) for the termination of the contract that the French central defender has with the Barça club until the end of the 2025-26 season. The defender played last season on loan at Lecce at a good level, putting aside his knee injury and playing 25 games in Serie A, 24 of them as a starter.

FC Barcelona confirmed that Sergi Rosanas, Álex Zalaya, Alpha Diounkou, Moha Moukhliss, Roberto Fernández, Antonio Aranda, Román Vega, Álvaro Núñez, Luismi Cruz, Àlex Carbonell, Arnau Rafús, Fabio Blanco, Víctor Barberà and Ilias Akhomach will not continue to Barça Atlètic next season.