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BARÇA STILL DOES NOT HAVE A DEFINED RIVAL
FC Barcelona continues to have a clear path for its great objective in midfield
Published:26/07/2024 - 16:46h
Updated:26/07/2024 - 16:46h
The FC Barcelona has to Mikel Merino like his big aim to reinforce his midfield, and up to now the culés seem to be the only 'big' that is moving index card of concrete way by the footballer of the Real Sociedad
The FC Barcelona has decided to take the 'road' Mikel Merino to the hour to try reinforce his mediocampor. The navarro represents a big opportunity of market, when finish agreement in 2025, and with a very good present in LaLiga, in addition to his experience with Spain in the Eurocopa 2024 and his past in the Premier League, by what is a player more than contrasted.
However, the culés took into account that they would not be the only important club of Europe that would see like a big aim to Merino. In fact, from England does few days informed that the Arsenal had him in his 'radar' and was decided to move fichar, although the journalist Fabrizio Romano has ensured that the Real Sociedad has not received offer still by Mikel Merino by part of the English team.
The Arsenal does not have to Merino in his list of priorities
Like this, the Barça can feel still with the free way by the player of the Real ,especially because the club londinense has been centred in the incorporation of a central that finally has been the Italian Riccardo Calafiori. Besides, this same Friday explain in FCBN that now that the Arsenal himself will begin to work by a midfield player, the option of Fabián Ruíz has won more chevrons for Mikel Arteta.
Although the Italian journalist himself adds that there have been approaches with the surroundings of the player by part of the Arsenal, Merino has given good feelings to the Barça regarding expecting a Barcelona offer in the last month of the market of summer. In this case it seems that for the Barça is positive that there are not novelties, since the player continues with his holidays if any concrete advance by part of the Arsenal, or of some another 'big'.