Barcelona officially announced the signing of Brazilian winger Rafinha from the Premier League Leeds United for a total price of 67 million euros. This is also Barcelona's second signing this summer after Dembele completed his contract extension. Although Barcelona's financial situation is still severe, chairman Laporta still does his best to help the team sign up. After completing the reinforcement of the wing position, Barcelona will next target the defensive position. Due to the serious decline of veteran Pique, Barcelona needs to introduce a new defensive core to improve the team. defensive quality.
Previously, Danish international Christensen had reached an agreement with Barcelona. The Danish central defender will join the team as a free agent next season. But Harvey did not give up on signings in the backcourt. According to Barcelona and team reporter Gerard Romero, Barcelona plans to poach French central defender Conde, who plays for Sevilla this summer. This short central defender, who is only 1.78 meters tall, has attracted the attention of many wealthy clubs including Chelsea, Manchester United and Barcelona. Sevilla hope to sell the French international for no less than 70 million euros. Although many giant clubs have already sent invitations to Conde, Conde does not want to leave La Liga . He prefers to join Barcelona. However, Barcelona is not willing to pay the full transfer fee of 70 million euros for Conde. Barcelona hopes to use Dutch forward Depay as a bargaining chip, plus 35 million euros to complete Conde's deal.
As the main forward of the Dutch national team, Depay joined Barcelona on a free basis at the invitation of his former coach Koeman. The Dutch forward started 20 games for Barcelona last season and scored 12 goals. After Messi left the team, he became Barcelona's leading shooter. However, since coach Koeman left Barcelona, rumors about Depay's departure have not stopped. The transfer value of the Dutch international is still as high as 35 million euros. Barcelona coach Xavi is also open to Depay's departure. On the other hand, Barcelona is currently pursuing Bayern's leading forward Lewandowski. According to the latest reports from Spanish media, Barcelona The club has already made concessions and is willing to accept the transfer fee of 50 million euros offered by Bayern Munich . In order to make room for Lewandowski, Barcelona hopes to add Depay to Konde's deal to help Barcelona achieve the purpose of reinforcement.
But Barcelona is also facing fierce competition from Premier League giants Chelsea. As the distance between Dutch central defender De Ligt and Bayern Munich is getting closer and closer, the Blues, who are eager to strengthen their defense, are likely to look for other players in the transfer market. The goal. As early as the Abramovich era, the Blues had a transfer scandal with Conde, but the two teams have never been able to reach an agreement on the transfer issue. The player himself now only wants to join Barcelona, but the Blues have not given up the idea of introducing Konde. Compared with Barcelona, Chelsea is willing to pay the full transfer fee for Conde, which is very attractive to Sevilla, and Sevilla does not want to sell Conde to a La Liga team. Creating trouble. And after Barcelona introduced Rafinha, Sevilla is likely to continue to increase the transfer price for Konde.
