FC Barcelona may be in a tight financial situation, the local media continue to announce a very hectic transfer window on the Catalan coast. In addition to the Lautaro Martinez and Neymar tracks that make up the headlines of the Barcelona newspapers on a daily basis, a new trend is emerging in recent hours in Barcelona: that of a multiple exchange of players with Juventus. A hypothesis more in line with the financial capacities of Barcelona, but also of Turin. Several names have been launched in the Iberian and Transalpine media in recent hours.
Arthur Melo and Sergi Roberto could thus pack their bags and fly to Italy – even if the Brazilian obviously does not intend to leave – while Federico Bernardeschi, Rodrigo Bentancur, Miralem Pjanic, Matthijs de Ligt, Merih Demiral and Mattia De Sciglio, among others, are among the players who can potentially go the other way. But if there is one player who seems to particularly interest the Catalans in this list, it is the Dutch defender, who has had a mixed first season in Piedmont.
The replacement for Pique?
Already last summer, Barça had tried all for all for the young Dutch defender, without success. And today, Mundo Deportivo add a layer. FC Barcelona might welcome a barter with Juventus, and an exchange between Arthur and the former Ajax would suit the management of Josep Maria Bartomeu. Still according to the Catalan publication, Barça knows that the player follows very closely everything that goes on behind the scenes between the two clubs, and he would not necessarily be against a departure to Barcelona in the more or less near future.
It was also the initial plan of the player and his agent Mino Raiola, who would, according to the newspaper, aim to play in Barcelona within two years. The Batavian is at ease in Turin, but the call from Barça where he would find his friend Frenkie de Jong could therefore be stronger than expected. It also remains to be seen whether, to offer the coveted Arthur Melo, the management of the Italian club will be ready to go as far as to separate from the player who had cost around 85 million euros (bonus included) a year ago. .. With a Pique who is starting to have a certain age and a Samuel Umtiti whose future is blurred, Matthijs de Ligt could be a major reinforcement for Quique Setién.
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