ARSENAL 'PUSH' FOR THE MIDFIELDER
FC Barcelona has to 'attack' the signing of Mikel Merino if it does not want to lose him
Published:11/07/2024 - 15:09h
Updated:18/07/2024 - 01:28h
Mikel Merino would be the one chosen by Barça to reinforce the midfield. However, Arsenal are pushing to get his services and the Catalans will have to hurry up their options so as not to lose him in the hands of the Gunners.
The FC Barcelona would have chosen to Mikel Merino like his aim prioritario to reinforce the midfield. The agreement of the footballer with the Real Sociedad expires in 2025 and still has not renewed, by what in San Sebastián already give him almost by stray. It expects that the player communicate his final decision the next week, with the culés to the 'threaten' to go in in an operation that would surpass the 20 million euros, although they would be subjects to the return to the rule 1/1 and the income by means of 'crowbars' or sales of some footballers to tackle his signing.
In Can Barça see the incorporation of Merino like an opportunity of market. Kimmich Was the preferred by the club at the beginning of the summer, but the figures that handle in his traspaso and his wage were inasumibles for the Catalans. As 'SPORT', the culés will exhaust his greater efforts in Nico Williams, by what the contracting of the mediocentro will have to produce to a cost 'comedido'. The pamplonés fits in the profile looking for by the team, likes a lot to Flick and Deco and would see with good eyes dress the Barcelona T-shirt if both clubs arrive to an agreement.
And it is in this phase where begin the difficulties for the entity blaugrana. In Anoeta pretend traspasar to the mediocentro to the best bidder, being the Arsenal the club that can put more money by the index card of the player. Arteta Is the main valedor of the Spanish, and wishes to sign him to have him like titling indisputable in the centrp of the field of his team. The Athletic of Madrid also would form part of the 'auction', and in spite of that carries weeks negotiating his contracting, the true is that it would be the third option of the list.
In the City Condal are conscious that it can be a question of time, although the next week would have to communicate him to the surroundings of the mediocentro if they can incorporate him or no. The culés expect to square have the closing of the negotiations with Nike, Barça Vision and with some entry by the sale of players. The sportive direction wait that these measures regularicen the economic situation of the entity, since the market advances and the footballers need certainties. If the Catalans decide go to by his signing, Merino would decant by this option in spite of the insistence of the 'gunners'.
The figures that handles the Barça
From the offices of the Spotify Camp Nou thinks that the agreement with the Real could close around a figure that oscillate the 20 and 25 million euros more some variable. These emolumentos would suppose an important gain for the 'txuri-urdin', that him ficharon by 12 pertinent millions of the Newcastle. Mikel is very appreciated with the club and wants to that it go out benefited with his traspaso, by what it will be necessary to see if the culés apuran his options not to lose him in hands of an Arsenal that 'tighten' by the footballer.