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Giovani Lo Celso in a match with Tottenham

THE BARÇA CONTINUES ATTENTIVE TO THE JEALOUS

Option discarded? Tottenham will not negotiate the loan of Lo Celso

Published:28/08/2023 - 22:54h

Updated:28/08/2023 - 22:54h

The intention of the FC Barcelona board of directors to incorporate another offensive reinforcement opens the door for Giovani Lo Celso. The Argentine has the 'ok' of Xavi Hernández, but his signing is very complicated because Tottenham is only willing to sell him

Calendar of FC Barcelona

To the FC Barcelona seems to escape him the option of Giovani Celso in the closing of the market estival. Further of the intention of the managerial culé to incorporate another reinforcement this week, once resolve the arrival of Joao Cancel, the Tottenham does not want to negotiate with the Barça by a different subject to the traspaso of the rosarino, whose price rondaría the 20 million euros.

However, to the Barça only interests him negotiate the cession of the mediocentro Argentinian by a year, without option of compulsory purchase, since the margin salarial current does not give to close a purchase. The only form in which the club would have how amortise a traspaso would be if it concretises another sale in brief (Marcos Alonso or Ez Abde, between the transferibles), but equally would be complex to fit the operations to time, before the midnight of the Friday.

The Tottenham is not had to yield again to Celso

Celso was yielded the past season in the Villarreal and his performance in the 'yellow Submarine' and in the pre-season with the 'Spurs' have convinced to the technician Ange Postecoglou to conserve him in the team. Thus, the 'Spurs' only contemplate the exit of 'Gio' through a traspaso, considering that still they subtract him a pair of years of agreement for fulfilling and his value of market round the 14 'kilos' in Transfermarkt.

The Tottenham paid 32 million euros by the rosarino in 2020 to the Real Betis, club that also is interested in 'repescarle' through a cession. With 27 years, the mediocentro prioritises to return to Spain, where has felt more comfortable since it arrived to Europe in the already far summer of 2016, when Paris Saint-Germain him fichó in return of 10 'kilos'. However, the group londinense has the last word and everything aims to that it will have to remain in England, at least, until January of 2024.

Xavi prefers to Celso to reinforce the staff

Between the options that the Barça still has on the table, in addition to Gio, is Joao Félix. Nevertheless, the egarense prefers to the mediocentro Argentinian that to the forward luso, as the trainer culé considers that the staff has sufficient alternative in when to attackers. Instead, the injury of Pedri and the exit of Franck Kessié have left to the short staff of effective in the centre of the field, where Celso could be of big utility.