Barcelona still continues to implement its plan to strengthen the ranks of the Catalan team, as it aims to sign deals of the highest level, bringing the Blaugrana back to the podium and achievements, both at the local and continental level.
In the last winter Mercato, the Catalan club managed to sign 4 strong deals, which had a major role in changing the team’s form and performance for the first half of the current season.
In this context, the Catalan newspaper (Sport) revealed that Spanish coach Xavi Hernandez, coach of FC Barcelona, admires the Spanish player Saul Niguez, the Atletico Madrid midfielder who is loaned to Chelsea.
And the newspaper pointed out, that Barcelona is interested in the situation of Saul Niguez, he is a player that Xavi loved and the sports administration has always loved. The Spain international, who made 340 appearances for Atletico and joined the club’s academy at the age of 13, will join Chelsea until the end of the season.
Reports said that Chelsea paid five million euros to sign the player, with a clause allowing him to sign him permanently for 40 million euros.
Even in the last winter market, his name had been put on the table, said the newspaper.
And the newspaper reported, that Saul Niguez hardly plays in his English club Chelsea and he still belongs to Atletico Madrid, and here appears the pending signing of Antoine Griezmann, which may be a bargaining chip in the process.
The newspaper confirmed that Barcelona intends to enter into a deal to trade Griezmann with Al-Rukhi Blancos in order to include the 28-year-old player in the next summer Mercato.
She indicated that Barcelona would like to bring Beníguez, who is versatile, as he can perform in the left-back and midfield.