It seems like these days either everyone wants to join Barcelona or Barcelona want to sign everyone. As if everyone is ignoring the unstable financial situation at the Camp Nou. After signing Raphinha from Leeds, and with the officialization of Robert Lewandowski, Barcelona will break the limit of 100 million euros this summer. Just a year ago, one of the central topics in European football was the financial collapse of the Catalan giants. The fact that 58 million + 7 million euros have already been set aside for Raphinha, and that Lewa will be paid a total of 50 million with bonuses, does not bother Barca to target cheap transfer targets at all.##NAJAVA_MECA_6511958##Aston Villa have an African-English pearl in their ranks. Carney Chukwuemeka exploded at the recently played U-19 European Championship – he scored three, set up two goals and was the architect of the goal that brought England the European crown in the 120th minute. All of a sudden, eyes across the top five leagues were focused on Villa Park, and the Birmingham club realized they had to act fast, as the prodigy was out of contract in a year and they could lose him next summer without any earnings.Mundo Deportivo announced the day before yesterday, and Fabrizio Romano confirmed today, that Villa have finally set a price for the 18-year-old central midfielder and that it amounts to 23.5 million euros. Huge money for a guy who has only 16 senior appearances, the exceptions being the ones where he appeared in the starting line-up. With due respect to the potential that Chukwuemeka undeniably possesses, we are again faced with the well-known practice of English clubs to “inflate” the prices of their players. Chukwuemeka is valued by Transfermarkt at 6 million euros, and Aston Villa, in the circumstances in which the player’s contract expires in less than 12 months, wants to sell him for four times more.Barcelona have serious interest in English talent Carney Chukwuemeka, he’s appreciated as player with huge potential. 🏴 #FCBThe player is in the final year of his contract with Aston Villa and would be available for FIFA training compensation in January. #AVFC pic.twitter.com/8nr1X0bQb1— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 11, 2022 Jordi Cruyff, as a member of Barcelona’s sports department, was given a free hand by Mateu Alemany to try to soften up Villa and get Chukwuemeka to come to the Camp Nou. However, since the young Englishman is not a priority, it seems that Blaugrana will first have to see some outgoing transfer and an influx of fresh money, such as the sale of Memphis Depay, or Frankie De Jong. In Barcelona, they are thinking that if he is signed, they will immediately pass him on to another European club, because he would hardly get enough minutes in the first season. But the whole deal still seems a bit far-fetched – time will tell if it will see the light of day.
