Barcelona clear path for Mikel Merino? Arsenal eye another Spanish star

Published:26/07/2024 - 14:19h

Updated:26/07/2024 - 17:30h

The FC Barcelonce thinks that Mikel Merino could be this mediocentro that fit in his new project, although the competition by ficharle was not simple. However, the Arsenal seems to have put his look in another international Spanish

The FC Barcelona, between his varied aims of summer, has the one to reinforce the mediocentro, especially thinking in giving consistency to this part of the staff, that the previous course had a lot of problems. From the course of Sergio Busquets in 2023, in the offices of the Camp Nou have been working some options and the most viable today, by price and quality, is the one of Mikel Merino, although the navarro also is gone on down other 'big' of Europe.

The player, with agreement with the Real Sociedad until 2025, is to the expectation, with his incorporation to the work foreseen for the next 5 August. With this stage, the Arsenal of Mikel Arteta has showed very interested in his contracting and would be had to pay 30 million euros without terms, as it wants the Real Sociedad, but now in London seem to be more convinced of another Spanish midfield player.

Fabián goes in in the plans of the Arsenal

And it is that as it informed the skilled journalist in the market of signings, Duncan Castles, Fabián Ruíz is now the main aim of the ones of Mikel Arteta. The champion of Europe comes to be key in the team of Luis de la Fuente during the Euro of Germany, beside Rodrigo Hernández, something that would want to take advantage of the Spanish trainer to add him in his system beside Declan Crimp, a mediocentro of similar characteristics to the ones of Rodri.

To this adds it to him that Fabián has not attained to strengthen with Luis Enrique in Paris Saint-Germain, participating in 21 parties of Tie 1 and 9 of Champions the past season. To concretise the incorporation of Fabián, the Arsenal would need to free space in his centre of the field, with Thomas and Jorginho between the candidates, and poses an operation of cession with obligation of purchase.

The Barça has the open way for fichar to Merino

The Parisian group, that expects to invest more than 70 million euros in Joãor Neves and expects to incorporate to some more given midfield player the interest of Athletic of Madrid or Manchester United by Ugarte, is opened to a sale, according to the information. Like this, it would fall the main competitor of the Barça by Merino, by what the culés only would need to activate his 'operation gone out' to be able to complete the signing of Mikel, trying recess the 30 'kilos' that pretends the Real.