The relationship is old, but the flame is still alive and yesterday, in Spain, indicators returned that show that Barcelona may even go ahead with the attempt to hire Grimaldo, being that in a heading of the Chiringuito, a popular sports program in the neighboring country, it was even explained that the Catalan club will have already sounded out Benfica on the conditions under which the deal could be concluded; in response, Barcelona learned that they will hardly be able to rescue the left-back for a value much less than 20 million euros.
Alejandro Grimaldo, remember, is a product precisely of the Barça schools, in which Benfica discovered him and signed him in 2015.
A few weeks ago it was reported that Xavi is keeping an eye on Grimaldo, believing that the defender would fit like a glove to his team idea, for the quality he has and also for the knowledge he has of Barcelona.
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