Barça are out of options! Bayer Leverkusen close the door on Jonathan Tah's exit

Jonathan Tah was one of the protagonists of the last days of the FC Barcelona transfer market. After Andreas Christensen's injury, which will keep him out for at least two months, the Catalan club set to work in search of a reinforcement for the centre of defence, a position that has been 'reduced' by the physical problems of the Dane and Ronald Araújo and the departures of Clément Lenglet and Mika Faye.

For this reason, Hansi Flick put the name of the Bayer Leverkusen defender on the table to target his rearguard. The player's contract with the last Bundesliga champion expires in 2025 and Can Barça wanted to take advantage of this situation to try to get him for a low price from the BayArena, which is why they offered 20 million euros to the Germans for his transfer. The player is very much to the liking of the Barça coach, who already had him under his orders in Germany and was looking forward to returning to coach him in Barcelona.

However, this option has already been completely ruled out in the offices of Spotify Camp Nou. According to journalist Florian Plettenberg of 'Sky Sports Germany', Pini Zahavi, the player's agent, has completed talks with other clubs after Xabi Alonso definitively closed the door on him leaving. The San Sebastian coach continues to count on the defender as one of the pillars of his team and does not intend to get rid of him this summer.

Free option for 2025

Despite this, in the 2025 transfer market the situation of the centre-back may change. Tah's contract with Aspirin ends in June next year, and if he does not reach an agreement with the German club to extend his stay with the team, Barça could once again go after his signing, although in this scenario they would not have to pay a transfer fee since he would arrive on a free transfer, although this will depend on the performance shown by the 28-year-old defender this season.