The FC Barcelona works in which it could be one of the markets of signings more 'agitated' of the last years for the institution. The culés need to reinforce the staff after completing the past season in 'white', and while the names of Nico Williams and Dani Elm hoard all the focuses of the summer blaugrana, the option of Mikel Merino would be working in 'silence' for apuntalar the midfield.
In front of the impossibility to do with the services of Joshua Kimmich or Amadou Onana because of the high figures that handled in his operations, the footballer of the Real Sociedad consecrated like the preferred of Hansi Flick and the Catalan directive to give him a jump of quality to the medullary. The agreement of the navarro with the 'txuri-urdin' expires in 2025 and there are not news on a possible renewal, by what all aims to that will go out of San Sebastián during the present window estival.
Taking advantage of his contractual situation, the culés would want to negotiate his arrival in return of a very reasonable figure, which would not surpass the 30 million euros. In Can Barça keep contacts constantly with the footballer because of the strong competition that confront, with the Arsenal and the Athletic of Madrid like the others big interested in the navarro, although the priority of Mikel would be to land in the Spotify Camp Nou.
By this reason, the newspaper 'The Nacional.cat' has informed that Joan Laporta already would be in negotiations with the managerial board 'txuri-urdin' to advance in his operation. The midfield player already would have done him know his intentions to dress of Barcelona to his representatives, to Imanol Bailiff and to Jokin Aperribay, president of the donostiarras, by what the maximum Catalan mandator has put hands to the work to leave his signing 'directed' and oficializarlo in the moment that are prepared to make this investment.
The Real will not put fetters
The president of the Real, Aperribay, left to fall that they already have some offer by Merino on the table, and ensured that they will not put a lot of obstacles to concretise his course. "To me it would like me that it did not go , to all would like us, but, if it says us that any of the offers that has on the table accepts it and wants to that we negotiate, will do it. We know that it has them, besides we know them. But in this moment follow with the hope that Mikel Merino was still in the Real", commented.