BARÇA IS WAITING FOR FINANCIAL FAIR PLAY
Barça's plan to sign Mikel Merino
Everything seems to indicate that FC Barcelona has opted for the option of reinforcing its midfield with Mikel Merino and, as soon as they have the 'green light' from their Financial Fair Play, they will execute their plan to 'sign the Real Sociedad player'
Mikel Merino has converted , seemingly, in the big bet of the FC Barcelona to reinforce his centre of the field during this summer, if they give the conditions with the Fair Play financial. The club is slope to carry out a few operations to go in in the parameters of LaLiga and can go out to the market of signings 'costing' of the rule 1:1. It is not a simple mission and the blaugrana go to time trial to achieve the aim before 30 June, when it finalises the period 2023/2024.
It is thus that during these next weeks will not produce movements 'real' in the section of signings, further of the rumours and informations on the candidates to arrive to the Barça. The culés are 'tanteando' the terrain and defining which are the true priorities to strengthen the staff of Hansi Flick in the middle of an economic situation that does not allow big outlays. They are conscious that one of the big needs that has the team is a mediocentro and, although they have sounded a lot of names, Mikel Merino would be the only that fits in the relation between price and quality.
The panorama of the Barça with Mikel Merino
The born midfield player in Pamplona is going in in his last year of agreement with the Real Sociedad and there are not conversations established for a possible renewal, by what could abandon the team this summer. Merino is very satisfied in the Basque team and considers him like a 'house', by what only would arrive to pose an exit in case that the conditions are given so that all the parts remain satisfied. That is to say, only it would go out if the txuri-urdin can take out a good 'cut' of his sale.
In this sense, according to a recent information of the newspaper SPORT, the operation could reach the 25 million euros during the summer, a significantly inferior figure to the €60m that asks the Real by Martín Zubimendi, that has been in the diary of the culés, or what could cost the traspaso of Joshua Kimmich from the Bayern of Munich, or Onana from the Everton. It is the most feasible option to economic level.
The versatility of Merino 'support' his candidature in the Barça
Besides that, that is a very important point considering that the financial situation of the culés is not the more 'hopeful' possible, in the Barça think that is unp profile very useful and that could adapt to the needs that has Hansi Flick of face to the next season. Merino can fit in a double pivote and also can appear like interior, where more has stood out in the Real Sociedad, by what can 'cost' of his versatility, consistency and capacity to combine to win a place in the Barça.
