FC Barcelona is moving up a gear for Xavi Simons and Yannick Carrasco!

Two months before the opening of the summer transfer market, FC Barcelona is busy. If the Blaugranas are still experiencing so many financial difficulties – the Spanish league has asked the Catalan leaders to reduce their payroll by 200 million euros – the current La Liga leader does not intend to remain inactive during the next transfer window. With this in mind, the Culers continue to push for a possible return of Leo Messi. But that’s not all.

According to the latest information from Sport, Barça would have already reached a contractual agreement with Yannick Carrasco, currently in the colors of Atlético de Madrid. With a priority purchase option contracted with the 29-year-old Belgian international during the winter transfer of Memphis Depay, the Blaugrana club would also like to return to the negotiating table to lower the amount of this option, which remains to date unknown. Under contract with the Colchoneros until June 2025, Carrasco, for his part, refused several offers from English clubs.

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Agreement with Carrasco, Simons approaching?

On track to enlist the Red Devil, Barça has also activated another brilliant file. According to Mundo Deportivo, the Culers are thus interested in the idea of ​​repatriating Xavi Simons, sparkling under the tunic of PSV Eindhoven since the start of the season. Also coveted by Paris Saint-Germain, the young Dutch midfielder would not be out of place, he who played for the Catalan club from 2010 to 2019. Author of 16 goals and 8 assists in 39 matches in all competitions, the Batavian could therefore be the flagship recruit of the Barcelona summer transfer window. In any case, this is the ambition of sports director Jordi Cruyff.

One thing is certain, these two new pieces of information confirm the Catalan board’s desire to be active during the next summer window. If the priority remains, without a doubt, Lionel Messi, Barça wants to take a new step and strengthen its workforce, especially at a time when Robert Lewandowski raises some questions and after another disappointing season on the European scene. With these possible arrivals, Barça could well take a new step. Ambitions which remain, despite everything, intimately linked to the financial situation of the club. In the grip of serious financial problems, Barça is also working to restore the balance of its equity by 2024-2025. For this, several options are being studied, starting with a collective wage cut… Enough to mark the next transfer window with a hot iron? Answer in the coming weeks…