BARÇA EXPECTS TO STRENGTHEN THE BAND
The players on Barça's agenda for the right-back
FC Barcelona intends to get a reinforcement for its right side before the end of the summer transfer market. The priority is Joao Cancelo, but there are other names on the club's agenda
The FC Barcelona resists to give by finalised his market of signings. The intention of the blaugrana is to follow reinforcing his centre of the field and achieve to a player for the right side. It is the only position in which Xavi Hernández does not have a natural player, without considering to a Sergiño Dest that this summer will do his cases to leave of the City Condal. The sportive direction handles several names in the diary, but everything will depend of the Fair Play financial and the options that have the culés.
Joao Cancel is the big priority, without place to doubts. The trainer of Terrassa sees him like the player indicated to occupy the position and trusts that his offensive power and defensive solvency can mark the difference in the right-handed band culé, that up to now has been occupied by players whose position 'favourite' is not the one of the side, as it is the case of Jules Koundé or Sergi Roberto, those who added the majority of minutes in the season gone through the band.
The options of the Barça
The Barça already would have achieved a principle in accordance with the player, through his agent, Jorge Mendes. There would be disposal so that recale enl to City Condal from this summer, but there is not at all enclosed. The negotiations with the Manchester City are in initial phase, but already the culés received the first refusal. In the Etihad Stadium are not by the work to negotiate the cession of the player of 29 years, as already they did it in January when it left to the Bayern, and only thinks in a sale. The culés, by his part, only could offer a loan by a season with option of purchase.
It is thus that the Barça no descarta the rest of options that there is in the market. There are conversations with Iván Fresneda for his traspaso and are expecting of what suceda with Cancel to give him the last word to his agents. SOr clause of exit with the Valladolid descended to the 20 million euros, but the presumptive offer of the culés does not surpass the 10 'kilos': eight fixed and other two in function of variables. There is not final resolution, by what the option follows being in the air.
Old known of the Barça
Meanwhile, from the City Condal, as it has informed 'Sportive World', have gone back to contact to 'old' known like Juan Foyth, that until does a time was the favourite of Xavi Hernández for the band. It will not go out of the Villarreal by less than 50 million euros, by what is inaccessible. The last to the that have gone back to contact is Arnau Martínez, of the Girona, whose price could rondar the 20 'kilos'. They have it in the diary like alternative, but no like the máyor priority. It is the same case of Thomas Meunier, of the Dortmund.
