Giovani Lo Celso’s option seems to escape FC Barcelona at the end of the summer market. Beyond the intention of the culé directive to incorporate another reinforcement this weekonce the arrival of Joao Cancelo is resolved, Tottenham does not want to negotiate with Barça for a matter other than the transfer of the Rosario, whose price would be around 20 million euros.
However, Barça is only interested in negotiating the loan of the Argentine midfielder for one year, without a mandatory purchase option, since the current salary margin does not give to close a purchase. The only way in which the club would have a way to amortize a transfer would be if another sale is completed shortly (Marcos Alonso or Ez Abde, among the transferable), but it would also be complex to fit the operations on time, before midnight on Friday.
Tottenham are not willing to loan out Lo Celso again
Lo Celso was on loan last season at Villarreal and his performance at the ‘Yellow Submarine’ and in the pre-season with the ‘Spurs’ have convinced coach Ange Postecoglou to keep him on the team. For this reason, the ‘Spurs’ are only contemplating the departure of ‘Gio’ through a transferconsidering that he still has a couple of years left on his contract to fulfill and his market value is around 14 ‘kilos’ at Transfermarkt.
Tottenham paid 32 million euros for the Rosario in 2020 to Real Betis, a club that is also interested in playing him off on loan. At 27, the midfielder prioritizes returning to Spain, where he has felt more comfortable since he arrived in Europe in the already distant summer of 2016, when Paris Saint-Germain signed him in exchange for 10 ‘kilos’. However, the London team has the last word and everything indicates that he will have to stay in England, at least, until January 2024.
Xavi prefers Lo Celso to strengthen the squad
Among the options that Barça still has on the table, in addition to Gio, is Joao Félix. Nevertheless, the man from Egar prefers the Argentine midfielder than the Portuguese striker, because the culé coach considers that the squad has enough alternatives in terms of attackers. Instead, Pedri’s injury and the departure of Franck Kessié have left the squad short in midfield, where Lo Celso could be of great use.
2023-08-28 21:01:08
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