Oh, the irony! Saudi club Al-Nassr would love to sign Inter’s midfielder Marcelo Brozovic and give him a bih fat paycheck, but the Croat didn’t even want to talk to the Saudis, who went to the trouble of visiting his hometown to arrange a meeting. Rather than going to the Middle East, Brozovic wants to play for Barcelona, the club where the money’s too tight to mention.The Saudi delegation went to the Croatian capital of Zagreb to try and “sell” their project to the 30-year-old midfield star, but he was too busy posting cryptic stuff to his Instagram profile. An image saying “more to come” and the picture of movie villain Tony Montana and his words “The world is yours” clearly have a meaning to the eccentric footballer. Still, nobody from the outside can tell with certainty what it all means. We can only guess.##NAJAVA_MECA_7342387##The “more to come”, accompanied by two smiling emoticons, perhaps brought the conversation with Barcelona right into the focus. Brozovic wants to play in La Liga, and people in Barcelona claim the player has already spoken to Xavi Hernandez. And with the club he would have already reached a multi-year agreement with an increased salary, with a base of $7.6 million. Those figures are very far from those proposed by Al-Nassr, but still higher than the $6.5 he earns in Italy. The problem is that Barcelona, due to well-known financial issues, has no freedom to strike any deals at the moment. Therefore, the Catalans cannot make an offer for Brozovic before they sell some of the players they don’t need. North London is not sleeping: Spurs sign MaddisonThe Croatian’s entourage asked Barcelona to move quickly, giving them around a week to present the offer to Inter. Brozovic is willing to wait, but then it won’t go any further. And maybe, at that point, he could really say yes to Al-Nassr and grab the cash everyone believed he would go for initially. Only a few months ago, Brozovic being sold would’ve seemed unthinkable. However, the midfielder’s situation at Inter has changed. The Croat has missed long spells with injuries in the season just gone. Whilst he was out, Hakan Calhanoglu has emerged as a starting-quality option in his position. Now, Inter wouldn’t mind receiving around $22 million for the player who seems determined to leave anyway.🚨 Marcelo Brozovic has turned down Al-Nassr’s offer. ❌🇭🇷The player wants a higher salary of around €30M-a-year to accept. 💰 Barcelona remains attentive to the situation.(Source: @DiMarzio ) pic.twitter.com/qJUMOyKcKt— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) June 27, 2023 The Saudis have met with some Inter executives in the meantime, trying to make sense of it all. They were going to pay Brozovic $66 million for three seasons in the Saudi Pro League. If they’re going to convince the Croat, offering the same amount for a two-year spell could be decisive. There is a possibility that Brozovic’s agents are only using Barcelona to drive up the price for their client and squeeze even more cash from the insanely wealthy Saudis.
