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Ousmane Dembele (25 years old) is a kind of unexpected and even surprising reaction. Either on the field or outside. This makes him a strange man. Proof of that is the latest anecdote he starred at the Barcelona winger this week, shortly after confirming his re-sign to Barcelona after he was laid off from his contract on 1 July.

As usual, the players in attendance are asked to say a few words to the locker room as a salute. In Dembele’s case, it was a matter of talking about what it means to continue to be associated with the Blaugrana entity, after the TV series caused by the club’s failed attempts to renew it while it still had a contract in force and even trying to sell it at the end of the winter market.

The fact is that Dembele, after being asked by Xavi to say a few words, “stayed” with his teammates. He started by saying that he is very happy to continue at Barcelona, ​​to continue with the team and with Xavi, and that he is very committed to the group. As proof of this, Othman asked that he be the leader! The surprise was great among his teammates as soon as he said it because this request from the French did not suit them, and even more so with the clarity of the captain (Busquets, Pique, Sergi Roberto and Alba) and after Osman was almost on his feet. Outside the club, when appearance is less. But the French striker quickly explained that it was a joke, much to the delight of the general team, who burst out laughing amid the public joke.

Dembele surprised them again, like when information started to emerge that he got married in Morocco last Christmas without many knowing that he had a girlfriend and was in full swing with the club to renew it. Osman, a genius and also a character for jokes, is increasingly appreciated in the locker room.

Barcelona are setting their sights on one of the most promising players to succeed Jordi Alba on the left front.

According to the Catalan newspaper Sport, Barcelona had expressed its desire to sign Marcos Alonso, a Chelsea player, but the English team is inflexible, as described by the Spanish press.

Henrique joined French club Monaco in 2018, coming from Atletico Madrid, on a five-year contract.

The newspaper pointed out that Barcelona puts an alternative to Marcos Alonso, the Brazilian Caio Henrique, who performed well, as he scored two goals and provided 12 assists during the last season, accompanied by Monaco.

His numbers indicate that he is the best Brazilian left-back playing in the major European leagues, with higher numbers than Alex Sandro with Juventus, and Alex Telles with Manchester United.

Of the Brazilians who play in the five major European leagues, only Vinicius Jr made 16 more assists, and Caio Henrique put himself in second place by beating compatriots such as Gabriel Jesus with 11, Rodrygo with 9 and Neymar Jr. with 8.

In the French league, he exceeded his numbers, Lucas Paqueta, the Lyon star, and Gerson, the Marseille player, who provided 7 assists.

The 25-year-old has a high technical quality, as he played in the youth categories in Santos as a defensive midfielder, and now he has developed greatly and helps build play in a good tactical way, and has developed in terms of the defensive side.

Barcelona has been watching him since he came to Atletico Madrid under 18, and now it’s time to try to sign him and bring him to the Xavi Hernandez battalion.

Barcelona is not the only player interested in the player, as there are several Premier League clubs watching him in preparation for opening negotiations with him and his club, and his contract will expire in 2025 and the value of his transfer is estimated between 20 and 25 million euros.

Barcelona is working to sign a new defender during the current summer Mercato.

Barca signed Andreas Christensen for free this summer, after his contract with Chelsea expired, but Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez wants an additional defender.

According to the Spanish newspaper “Sport”, the Barcelona administration has given priority to offensive deals in recent weeks, but is now focusing on the inclusion of a new defender.

She pointed out that the French defender Jules Conde, the Seville defender, is the main target now in Mercato Barcelona.

Barca seeks to reduce the demands of Seville, which requires about 65 million euros to sell Conde, by placing Nico Gonzalez or Abdel Samad Zalzouli in the deal.

Zalzouli is with the first team in the preparatory round in the United States of America, but the renewal does not mean that he will remain this season, Xavi is very satisfied with his performance, but the renewal of Dembele and the arrival of Rafinha leaves the Moroccan with little chance of getting minutes in the attack.

It is likely that Zalzuli will leave in the coming weeks, and his destination may be Seville, led by Julen Lopetegui.

The Moroccan loves the coach and also Monchi and can enter the process that should end with the signing of Jules Conde for Barcelona, ​​Zelzoli will be a way to make the process cheaper.

She explained that Chelsea was Barcelona’s main competitor in the Conde deal, but he has not made any offers so far.

She mentioned that the famous agent Jorge Mendes, who mediates between Seville and Barcelona, ​​to settle the Conde deal.

International press reports indicated, today, Sunday, that the Dutch international star Memphis Depay, the Barcelona striker, has set his only condition for leaving during the current summer transfer period.

Barcelona has signed Leeds United striker Rafinia Diaz and Bayern Munich star Robert Lewandowski, which will reduce Depay’s chances of getting a full chance with the Blaugrana next season.

Depay sets an interesting condition to leave Barcelona

And according to what Fabrizio Romano, a journalist expert in the transfer of players, published on his personal account on the social networking site “Twitter”, Barcelona officials met with Memphis Depay this week, and informed him that he is one of the main elements of coach Xavi in ​​the event of his decision to stay inside the next season.

Moreover, Barca officials notified Memphis Depay that the club will be flexible with him in the event of an offer to join him during the current summer transfers.

But for his part, Memphis Depay stipulated that his move from the “Camp Nou” stadium to a team at the top in Europe to participate in the Champions League, to agree to leave Barca.

Depay joined Barcelona in the Mercato last summer, coming from Olympique Lyonnais, in a free transfer deal, but he suffered several injuries that affected his attacking level.

Memphis Depay participated in 37 games with Barcelona in all competitions last season, during which he scored 13 goals and provided two assists.

For the past several months, FC Barcelona have been following Aston Villa’s teenage sensation, Carney Chukwuemeka, as per reports by Mundo Deportivo. The teen has been a part of 14 of Aston Villa’s games in the Premier League last season.

The Catalans view him as a talented footballer who is also versatile, strong, physically dominant and a player with great potential. Xavi has given the go-ahead to sign the teenager if there is a possibility and if it makes financial sense.

Having received the green signal, Jordi Cruyff has been negotiating with Aston Villa to explore the possibility of signing Chukwuemeka. However, at the moment, Barça’s main priority is signing players who can produce right away rather than signings for the future.

The Catalans are also aware that the proceedings for the 18-year-old won’t be simple and Chukwuemeka has bids from the majority of the major European countries.

Indeed, as per new reports by the Mirror, Barcelona have been joined by French champions, Paris Saint-Germain in their hunt for the Englishman. The Qatari-backed French giants are now competing with Barcelona for the 18-year-old’s services.

Steven Gerrard, the manager of the Villans, left Chukwuemeka at home while the team headed to Australia for the first Queensland Champions Cup. With the amount of money that the Parisians have to spend, the signing could be rendered impossible for the Catalans.

Barcelona are still in the driving seat for the signing of the youngster, who is valued at £20 million. However, it is suggested that the Blaugrana do not intend to get stuck in a bidding war for Chukwuemeka due to their tight financial conditions, and will only be looking to sign the player at his market price and nothing more.

It remains to be seen if the Catalans will get their hands on the Aston Villa-man, and if they do actually partake in a bidding war as the club already has loads of young talent waiting in the pipeline for opportunities in the future.

Ever since Toni Freixa lost out to Joan Laporta in the Barcelona presidential election last year, he has not let go of a single opportunity to take a shot at him.

Freixa has been critical of Laporta’s administration at every step, hitting out the current president for the departure of Lionel Messi, the financial situation at the club and various other things.

Less than a month ago, Freixa had sent out a tweet ridiculing Laporta and Barça’s chances of signing the likes of Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Jules Kounde among others, insinuating that the club were in no position to attract the best of stars.

“Do you know that neither Lewandowski, nor Koundé, nor Raphinha, nor Bernardo Silva will come [to Barcelona]? Do you know?”

However, if this past week has proven anything, Barcelona still remain the biggest pull in the market for stars from across the globe.

Barça kicked things off with the capture of Raphinha from Leeds United. In the process, the Catalan giants beat competition from several clubs like Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur for the Brazilian’s signing.

It was followed by the contract extension of Ousmane Dembele, who accepted the club’s lower salary offer to stay at the club for two more years.

The cherry on top came earlier on Saturday as Barcelona pulled off the signing of Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich.

One of the best strikers in the game, the 33-year-old has signed for the Blaugrana, snubbing the likes of Chelsea and PSG, penning a three-year deal, with an option of a fourth.

And if reports are to be believed, the Blaugrana are not very far away from closing the deal to sign Jules Kounde either.

Mateu Alemany, Jordi Cruyff, Laporta and Xavi Hernandez have done a brilliant job in the transfer market so far and in the process, have left Freixa with an egg on his face over the comments he made not so long.

Barcelona drew in the first pre-season friendly, against a rival from the second Spanish Federation, such as Olot. A game without much importance, due to the fact that most of the beginners were missing, but it helped Xavi Hernandez make many positive conclusions, as well as see some young talent in action. Among them are Arnao Casas, Alex Valle, Shadi Riad or Marc Casado, who were part of Juvenile A, who managed to win the Champions Cup just a few weeks ago.

Ilias Achumach, one of La Masia’s greatest jewels, and Mika Marmol or Eternal Eternal, from the subsidiary, can also be seen in action. Though without a doubt, the great news is to see Ansumani Fati on the pitch, who is hoping to leave behind the injuries that have accompanied him in the past two seasons. But the great protagonist of the showdown was the newcomer, Pablo Toure, as he left great detail on his incredible quality and vision for the game.

He gave reasons to justify the bet Joan Laporta made for him, paying five million euros to Racing Santander, the team in which he has fully developed his sporting career so far. He has been a key player with his team, helping them return to the Spanish second division, becoming First RFEF champions. His performances in the third category of Spanish football helped attract the interest of Real Madrid or Sevilla, among others.

But he ended up choosing to go down at Camp Nou, where he would initially start with the subsidiary. However, it is not excluded that he will end up staying in the first team, as happened to Pedri Gonzalez. Because he managed to stun in his first weeks as a Barcelona player, and Xavi is the first to be impressed. He really excelled in training, he was the best in the team against Olot.

The former Al Sadd coach believes he’s found a new diamond in the rough, and it didn’t take him long to compare him to Andres Iniesta in his fantasy plays. Although he must continue to show that level in the upcoming matches, he is playing if he wants to stay in the first team.

Aside from Toure, who is already considered by many to be one of Barcelona’s long-running great discoveries, there has also been time to see Frank Casey in action. The African player was introduced only a few days ago, and was already able to get his first minutes on orders from Xavi.

Although he obviously lacked competitive rhythm, like most of his teammates, he left very good feelings in midfield.

Spanish press reports revealed, today, Saturday, that Barcelona is planning to force one of the team’s strikers to leave during the current summer transfer period. This is so that the Catalan giant does not fall under the Financial Fair Play Act.

Barca officials are looking to sell some players during the current period after completing the contract with 4 deals, led by Rafinia Diaz and Andreas Christensen. This was done in conjunction with a severe financial crisis that began since the outbreak of the new Corona virus, Covid 19.

Barcelona plans to force its striker to leave

And the Barcelona administration, headed by Joan Laporta, chose the Dutch international star, Memphis Depay, because after the renewal with the French winger Osman Dembele and the contract with Rafinia Diaz. With the approaching settlement of the Robert Lewandowski deal. Depay no longer has any place in the Barcelona squad under coach Xavi Hernandez.

Reports confirm that it will not be easy, as Depay will not accept the sale in this way from the management. He will not be satisfied with leaving before the end of his contract because he has made a great effort to move to Barcelona. And he may ask to leave for free, which the Catalan club officials may not agree to at all.

Memphis Depay has not yet looked for any new team to move to in the past weeks. But all Barcelona deals went perfectly, so the club’s management became headed by Joan Laporte. You think the worst case scenario is that he won’t be able to score deals unless a few old players leave.

As a result of all this, Barcelona is asking for an amount of at least 20 million euros to sell it, which is unacceptable for the player or his agents, especially since there is strong interest from the Italian clubs Juventus and Roma, as well as Tottenham Hotspur. Which is the most interested in the inclusion of the Dutch striker.

It seems that the issue of the departure or survival of the Dutch international star Frenkie de Jong, the center of the Barcelona team, will not be resolved quickly or smoothly.

Barcelona’s board of directors, headed by Joan Laporta, continues to put pressure on Frenkie de Jong. With the aim of forcing him to accept Manchester United’s offer, to leave in the current summer Mercato.

Barcelona surprises De Jong with a strange decision

There has been constant communication from the Manchester United management over the past few days with the management of Barcelona. Indeed, an agreement was reached with the Blaugrana, to settle the contract with De Jong for 85 million euros.

It was decided that this amount would include several variables, but the Dutch international still wants to continue playing at the Camp Nou, and has doubts about a move to Old Trafford.

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According to the Spanish newspaper, Mundo Deportivo, the Barcelona administration is considering the option of excluding Frenkie de Jong from the team’s list that will play friendly matches in the United States of America.

The Barcelona preparatory tour in America is scheduled to begin tomorrow, Saturday. The Barca administration believes that the exclusion of De Jong will speed up the process of selling the player.

For his part, Barcelona need to sell Frenkie de Jong to free up space in the wage bill. Which will allow the registration of new deals concluded by the club this summer.

In Barcelona they have a very serious problem with Samuel Umtiti. Because it seems that they will not be able to find a solution and a way for it. Although he agreed a few months ago to cut his salary, and renew his contract until 2026, making it easier to find a buyer, the truth is that it’s still a really complicated task. Because no team has shown interest in taking it.

Xavi Hernandez has made it clear that he does not trust the France international, and that he does not even rely on him, even if he has a secondary role. As for the central debut, he already has Eric Garcia, Andreas Christensen, Gerard Pique and Ronald Araujo, and he hopes to be joined by another new signing, with Jules Conde being the choice that most convinces him. Therefore, there is no space in “23”, and Matteo Alemani was responsible for providing it to various groups.

But everyone has given the same answer so far, and it has been negative. Nobody cares about receiving a football player in deterioration, who has accumulated multiple injuries in recent seasons, some of them very serious. However, there was a team that was willing to give the Russian World Cup champion a chance, intending to take him on loan. It was Rennes Stadium.

Coach Bruno Genesio knows Umtiti perfectly after he coached him at Olympique Lyonnais, and thought he could be an interesting addition, if he can bring back a good version of the 28-year-old defender. The player, for his part, seemed utterly enamored with the possibility of a return to Ligue 1, six years after his departure. But everything ended up falling apart at the last minute.

Which is that “Samuel” was unable to pass the medical examination, apparently because he has not yet recovered from his recent knee injury, which prevented him from descending for several months.

If this problem is not resolved, then Umtiti will not be able to go anywhere
At Barcelona, ​​they will have to identify the problem that Umtiti is now drawn into, because if they can’t find a solution, they won’t be able to leave this summer. No team would risk welcoming a crack in their ranks who couldn’t pass the medical, it shows.

So they had to wait for him to fully recover, even though the physiotherapists claimed he was already. And maybe we’ll have to wait until January…