There is only 17 days before the start of La Liga. The Spanish championship is as competitive as ever and with Endrick and Kylian Mbappe coming in, Real Madrid has all but secured another trophy in Spain, as well as in the Champions League. There is hardly a club out there who can stop them, especially not Barcelona, who is currently the only club without a single transfer in the league. The Catalans have been able only to sign coach Hansi Flick so far, and he agreed to take over knowing he won’t be able to strengthen as much as he could. But still, he surely expected at least one signing so far, but just two weeks before he has zero new players. And according to the former Barcelona’s presidential candidate, he won’t be able to sign his main target – Nico Williams. Saudis are going for Raphinha, Barca needs money for NicoThe former presidential candidate Víctor Fort talked to The Athletic and believes that the Catalans cannot afford to buy Williams. “I would like to be able to sign Nico Williams because that’s what we need. The president has said it’s possible, but it’s not true. It can’t be done today. We hope it will be possible tomorrow or the next day. But today it’s not” he said in an interview Lack of money births creativity: Barca’s latest offer for OlmoBarcelona would have to pay 58 million for the player, which is stipulated in the clause and they currently don’t have that money. Their second big target in this window, Dani Olmo is also being a subject of a unsucesfull bid. After the first one, which was laughable for Leipzig, president Joan Laporta made another one. The fixed part is very close to 47,000,000. The additional three parts would be paid to Leipzig on the condition that Dani plays a certain number of games, which is considered logical, because the choice of sports director Deco and new coach Hansi Flick is expected for Olmo to be a standard member of the starting line-up. The remaining 10,000,000 would go to Germany on the condition that Barcelona win a trophy, either in La Liga or in the Champions League. Another report suggests that the fixed sum is bigger, but in both cases, Leipzig is still saying no. In addition, they will try to retain, above all, Joan Cancelo and are keeping a close eye on Joao Felix. But so far, it’s just one big ’if’, nothing else. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8251694##
