This season it was Eric Garcia, Sergio Aguero, Memphis Depay, Dany Alves and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and next season there will be another crop of free agents coming to Camp Nou for sure, we just don’t know the number. The Catalonians are using this transfer tactics in order to cut down their huge debt, but to remain competitive at the same time. Barcelona already threw a lot of ’ hooks’ since January, and according to various (and credible) Spanish media, they are ’fishing’ Andreas Christensen, of Franck Kessie, Cesar Azpilicueta and, off course, ’whale shark’ Erling Haaland. Out of those four players which are in contention, it seems that Barca is the leading candidate to get the first three players.Xavi got in touch with Kessie. They have talked and the player takes it into account because he likes Xavi, the project and the city.— @MatteMoretto pic.twitter.com/RhgCMzBWb6— Barça Universal (@BarcaUniversal) March 1, 2022 According to Diario Sport, Andreas Christensen will be Barca player come June 2022. The Dane has agreed to terms with the Spanish giant and all he has to do is meet Chelsea’s brass for the final talk. On paper, the Blues still have a chance to persuade the defender to stay at the club, but with the new situation regarding war in Ukraine and Roman Abramovic’s situation in the club, along with a strong interest from Barca, it is widely expected that the meeting will end without any solution.’Pedri is the best footballer in the world, reminds me of Iniesta’Talks between the two parties have been ongoing for several months and the player’s entourage has reportedly reached a verbal agreement with Barcelona over a four year contract. In fact, Christensen already wanted to come to Barca two seasons ago on loan, but the London club vetoed his departure, but now seems that his move is inevitable. The Blaugrana club had been in contact with the Dane’s agents since his first attempt to sign him and the player liked this new looking project with Xavi in charge. In January, there was a summit to deal with all the details of the contract and Christensen promised to give a response as quickly as possible, which eventually happened during last week.Barcelona have confirmed to César Azpilicueta they are prepared to wait for his final decision between Chelsea and FCB. Barça are now confident – but it’s about life, family and more. 🇪🇸 #FCBBarcelona bid on the table: contract until June 2024 plus option for further season. pic.twitter.com/IelAWzYYXw— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) March 1, 2022 His teammate and Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta is also considering a move back to Spain, and according to transfer guru Fabrizio Romano, the deal is also done as far as Barcelona is concerned. They have submitted the bid and are waiting for Cezar to make up his mind. There are no other options, just Chelsea or Barcelona, while in the case of Christensen, Bayern was also mentioned, but got out of the race when they heard Dane’s demands.(3.50) MALLORCA (3.15) REAL SOCIEDAD (2.35)As for the remaining two targets, Barcelona are the poorest club going in for Haaland’s signature, but have a good project and attracting city to offer, while for example, in Real, Erling would be the star number 2, after Kylian Mbappe. Milan’s Franck Kessie is a work in progress, as the Ivorian already has much better financial offers but then he got the call from Xavi. Barca’s coach used his authority to persuade Kessie to consider the Catalonian as a legitimate candidate for his signature, but with him, it seems that the race for the signature will go a long way. On the other hand, Christensen is there for taking now.
