THE REAL SOCIETY COULD ACCEPT A BARTER
The discarding of FC Barcelona that could facilitate the arrival of Mikel Merino
Published:28/07/2024 - 11:06h
Updated:29/07/2024 - 05:04h
FC Barcelona must close the departure of Clément Lenglet as soon as possible in order to be able to reinforce itself this summer. The central defender's high salary complicates his departure, but the Frenchman could have a place at Real Sociedad, opening the culé door for Mikel Merino
Clément Lenglet can be key in the signing of one of the players that the FC Barcelona looks for to incorporate this summer to his centre of the field. The defender of 29 years, one of the descartes fixed of the Barcelona group for the 2024/25, has to go out what before to free mass salarial, since his emolumentos (16 million gross euros) are a load that the club can not give the luxury to follow paying the next season.
In this sense, the one of Beauvais could find solution to his case thank you one of the teams of LaLiga. According to the information filtered by 'Sportive World', the Frenchman would be one of the alternative that the Real Sociedad contemplates to cover the drop of Robin Him Normand, the one who closed recently his traspaso to the Athletic of Madrid. The technical Imanol Bailiff looks for to a central experienced and the international French seems to fit to perfection, being a defence with wide experience in Spain after his go through Barcelona and Seville.
The Barça can close the arrival of Mikel Merino sending to Lenglet to Anoeta
For the Barça, the course of Clément to the group 'txuri urdin' would be an operation, maybe, with double gain, considering the interest culé in Mikel Merino. The mediocentro Basque is another of the figures donostiarras that aims to leave San Sebastián this summer and the Barça can direct his signing using to Lenglet like part of payment. The one of Pamplona can go out by a mount near to the 30 million euros, enciphers that the Athletic and the Arsenal also would be had to pay.
However, the Barça still does not have clear if it will be able to go to by the international Spanish this summer, as the priorities of market aim to other two referents of The Red: Nico Williams and Dani Elm. For now, Mikel follows on holiday and has to incorporate to the pre-season of the Real the next 5 August. To the mediocentro only subtracts him a year of agreement, a key factor so that the Basques are opened to negotiate his traspaso.
