Barcelona will attempt to strengthen their ahead line in the summertime, however regardless of making it again inside their wage restrict for the primary time in three years in January, stay hamstrung by their monetary state of affairs. That may doubtless influence their plans for the summer season, with three names underlined on their shortlist.
It seems the Catalan giants are set on making a transfer of some type this summer season, whether or not or not it’s a left winger or a centre-forward to finally exchange Robert Lewandowski. As has been reported this week, and now confirmed by , their most popular choice is Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak. They’ve informally reached out to the Swedish ahead, and acquired a constructive response on the prospect of signing him.
That contact occurred in December, however there have been no additional discussions – the figures concerned doubtless make Isak out of attain for Barcelona. Newcastle will demand in extra of €100m, and until Barcelona safe a serious sale this summer season, then they’re unlikely to have the ability to make a transfer for him.
He’s Sporting Director Deco’s most popular choice, however one other quantity 9 that has advocates within the Catalan membership is RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko. The Slovenian ahead has a €65m launch clause and vital curiosity from Arsenal, but when he desires to put on the Blaugrana, then he’ll doubtless have to attend one other 12 months. Lewandowski will keep at Barcelona subsequent season, and thus they imagine it could not make a lot sense to have two pure nines within the squad. It’s famous by the Catalan every day that Sesko’s brokers are in Barcelona, however no assembly with the membership has been confirmed.
Deco’s different most popular choice, and maybe the more than likely, is Luis Diaz. The Liverpool ahead has been linked with Barcelona since late final season, and the Colombian is ‘enormously excited’ by the prospect of enjoying for Barcelona, for each private {and professional} causes. He has a deal till 2027, but when he doesn’t signal a brand new contract, they can negotiate with Liverpool, though it’s famous that gross sales would want to occur to fund his transfer too.
The query shall be how Diaz matches into Barcelona. Signing Diaz doubtless means dropping one in every of Raphinha, arguably their greatest participant this season, or Dani Olmo, their star signing final summer season, from the beginning line-up. Presumably Diaz could be eager to have ensures on his function within the facet if he have been to signal, whereas as a quantity 9 has a reasonably clear path to a beginning function as soon as Lewandowski departs.
