Barça: an agreement with a summer target?

If FC Barcelona focuses most of its efforts on bringing Lionel Messi to Catalonia, the Spanish club is also thinking of other positions and other players.

According to information from Mundo Deportivo, Barca are interested in their former midfielder, Xavi Simons. The Dutchman, trained at La Masia between 2010 and 2019, left FC Barcelona for PSG. Suffocated by competition in the French capital, Xavi Simons joined PSV Eindhoven last summer. In the Dutch club, the 19-year-old midfielder shines this season (39 games, 16 goals, 8 assists), to the point of interest… PSG.

Not interested in a return to France, in Paris, Xavi Simons could however be open for a transfer to Barça. In any case, it is the hope of the management of the Spanish club, the sporting director Jordi Cruyff in the lead, who hopes to make the Dutch international (3 caps), called up for the 2022 World Cup, the flagship rookie of the summer. 2023, with Lionel Messi.

Barça and Carrasco: an agreement for this summer?

In another file, according to information from the Spanish media Sport, the Blaugrana club have already found common ground with a summer target, the Belgian Yannick Carrasco. Already mentioned at FC Barcelona this winter, the winger, who had almost joined Catalonia, should do so at the end of the current season. Under contract with Atlético Madrid until 2024, Yannick Carrasco should not be difficult to poach for Barça, since the leader of La Liga negotiated a priority clause with the Colchoneros during the transfer of Memphis Depay, this winter.

Sport does not indicate the amount of the clause, but it should make it possible to recruit the 29-year-old Belgian international without great difficulty this summer. In any case, the player and FC Barcelona have a contractual agreement, while the former Monegasque refused English approaches.

This season, Yannick Carrasco has scored 6 goals and provided 2 assists in 34 games.