With less than three days left before the summer transfer window closes, Barcelona are still making moves to try and strengthen their roster despite their precarious Fair Play situation.
With the squad being hit with injuries in recent days in the centre-back and midfield department, the Blaugrana have decided to try and reinforce at least one position.
Offer made for Jonathan Tah
As such, Roger Torello of Mundo Deportivo reports that Barcelona have sent a formal offer worth €20 million to sign Bayer Leverkusen and Germany defender Jonathan Tah.
The interest in Tah stems from the fact that Ronald Araujo and Andreas Christensen are out for a prolonged period while Eric Garcia has also been sidelined this week.
It leaves Hansi Flick with only Pau Cubarsi and Inigo Martinez as primary centre-back options considering that Jules Kounde is tied up at right-back.
As such, Barça have moved forward with their interest in Tah, who is in the final year of his contract with Leverkusen and has shown no indication of wanting to renew.
The Catalans are understood to have put forth an offer of around €20 million for the Bundesliga winner.
However, reports earlier this week indicated that Leverkusen are demanding a sum of €30 million for him.
Furthermore, Bayern Munich are also very keen on signing the German defender before the window closes.
In fact, the Bavarian giants already presented an offer of €20 million plus €5 million in variables which the current Bundesliga champions rejected.
However, Barcelona are confident that Leverkusen will accept their proposal of €20 million as they would not wish to strengthen a direct rival like Bayern Munich.
Tah, for his part, is said to be excited about the possibility of joining the Blaugrana as well. So, it will be interesting to see whether there will be any late movements.
Author : Michel Durant
Publish date : 2024-08-28 14:14:07
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Author : soccernews
Publish date : 2024-08-28 14:15:03
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