The signing of Mikel Merino for Barça could depend on a specific departure

The 'operation mediocentro' of the FC Barcelona finds a new 'obstacle'. With Amadou Onana signing with the Aston Villa and the signing of Joshua Kimmich postponing until the summer of 2025, all the shots aimed to Mikel Merino like reinforcement for the medullary blaugrana. To the footballer subtracts him a year of agreement and his renewal with the Real Sociedad is 'stagnated', by what the culés expected 'fish in river revolved' to do with his services in return of an accessible figure.

However, the change of priorities in the City Condal can have complicated his incorporation to the group directed by Hansi Flick. In the offices blaugranas marked to Nico Williams and Dani Elm like the main aims for the present window estival, reason whereby the signing of Merino only would be possible if it concretises the sale of an important player. In this context, the 'sacrificed' would be Frenkie of Jong, as they inform from 'SPORT'.

The Dutch is linked by two seasons more to the Catalan square, until 2026, with an ascending agreement whose quantities surpass the financial capacity of the institution culé. In Can Barça have been very clear with Mikel and have done him know his arrival is unfeasible if they do not give off of the '21', that would have gone back to wake up the interest of the Manchester United, although, to day of today, there is not any concrete offer. Besides, it is of public knowledge that the footballer does not pretend to abandon the club, by what this stage seems very unlikely.

In the meantime, the Arsenal follows 'presionando' for doing with the services of Merino. The londinenses already would have offered 25 million euros to the Real to begin to concretise his contracting, and in San Sebastián would not see with bad eyes this figure taking in account that the player could go out with the letter of freedom next summer. By his part, the mediocentro, in front of the impossibility to join to the rows of Flick, would have put like main allocate the Premier League before that fichar by the Athletic of Madrid, another of his beaux, so his return to England would be increasingly near.

The Real Sociedad does not surrender

In spite of the insistence of Mikel Arteta and the 'gunners', the group 'txuri-urdin' still would not give by stray to one of his best footballers. As 'El Diario Vasco', in Anoeta are by the work to litigate the enlargement of his agreement to the end, and in case to achieve the green light of Merino, his new bond would situate him in the highest of the echelon salarial. Nevertheless, still they would not have significant movements in this regard and his future remains open, although far of the Barça.