Barca in top secret talks for TWO summer transfer targets
Robin Bairner
- 26 Feb 2022 16:28 GMT
- 3 min read
Barcelona have been in Monaco to discuss the future of two summer transfer targets, according to reports from the Netherlands.
The Catalan side are one of a glut of clubs chasing Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland and he was one of the subjects of discussions as Barca officials Joan Laporta and Jordi Cruyff visited the offices of agent Mino Raiola, according to De Telegraaf.
Additionally, Barcelona also held talks over the potential of signing Ajax right-back Noussair Mazraoui, who is also a client of Raiola’s.
It is reported that these talks took place in the “deepest secrecy” recently in the principality.
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Barcelona are conducting such a covert operation with regards Haaland in a bid to gain any advantage they possibly can for the striker.
Although his transfer fee will be fixed at around €75 million in the summer, his wage demands and the commission that Raiola and the player’s entourage will demand, promise to be steep. Barca’s financial position presently means that they have to be careful when making such deals as they may be prevented from registering the forward.
Indeed, they cannot afford to be drawn into a bidding war against Haaland’s other suitors because they simply do not have the money to match these figures.
It is expected that Haaland will go to Spain when he ultimately departs Dortmund because of his love of the country.
Madrid are in the stronger position to sign him, yet with their focus primarily on capturing Kylian Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain, they may be an opening that would allow Barcelona to complete a deal for Haaland.
Nevertheless, as these latest talks suggest, they will have to be extremely shrewd to get a deal over the line for arguably the most coveted player on the planet right now.
