Newcastle United have reportedly offered €35 million to sign Andrey Santos, a target for Barcelona, in the 2023 summer transfer window.

According to a report by Spanish outlet Fichajes, Andrey Santos is the subject of interest from Newcastle United over a possible move in the 2023 summer transfer window. The Magpies have offered €35 million to secure the services of the Brazilian prodigy, a target for Barcelona.

Andrey Santos is one of the best young midfielders in Brazil in the wake of performing impressively in age-group football in his homeland in the last few years. The 18-year-old is a defensive midfielder by trade and has been impressive with his ability to read the game effortlessly. And he has made significant progress since making his first-team debut for Vasco da Gama

The Brazilian prodigy has been a regular for Vasco da Gama this season, turning out 24 times in all competitions while chipping in with five goals. Santos’s exploits have not gone unnoticed either, with several European bigwigs, including Barcelona and Newcastle United, setting their sights on him.

The interest from Barcelona stems from Sergio Busquets’s advancing years. The Barcelona captain is well into his thirties and approaching the final phase of his career. The Blaugrana will thus need to lay down a succession plan for the veteran Spanish international, with Andrey Santos emerging as a viable target.

Recent reports have claimed that Barcelona had been preparing an offer to sign the 18-year-old Brazilian prodigy from Vasco da Gama. But the Catalan giants need to fend off stiff competition from Newcastle United to secure the services of Andrey Santos.

The report claims the Magpies have already submitted an offer worth €35 million to Vasco da Gama, albeit to sign the teenage wonderkid in the 2023 summer transfer window. And Santos has emerged as a target because of the escalating interest in Bruno Guimaraes.

While Newcastle United evaded Real Madrid’s interest in Bruno Guimaraes this summer, the reigning La Liga champions remain keen on signing the Brazilian midfielder next year. And Santos might be a viable addition in a deal worth €35 million, although Barcelona might have something to say about that.

Xavi Hernandez could not have been more direct and powerful with Frenkie de Jong. She tells him that she does not depend on him, and that the best thing to do is leave. Barcelona needs to save his high salary, as well as raise a large amount of money by selling it. The problem is that the player has expressed his desire to stay, and he has a long-term contract, so if he does not want to leave, he is not obligated to do so.

No matter how much they threatened him, even now Joan Laporta’s pressure had no effect. They warned him that he would not be able to start, and it would be difficult for him to get minutes, due to the stiff competition for his position, with Frank Casey, Pedri Gonzalez, Pablo Baez Jaffe, Nico Gonzalez and Pablo. Tori. This has been shown this season, as he has been a substitute in the three friendlies he has played so far…and also played outside the center.

When he jumped onto the pitch, he did so to act as a central defender, but even that is not enough to accept “21” Manchester United’s offer. At Camp Nou, they believe the ideal goal is for the former Ajax player to end up in Amsterdam and Willem II in the Premier League. Because they already have a closed agreement with the “Red Devils”, and they are the only group willing to pay the more than 80 million euros they ask for.

However, Frenkie does not want to go to a club that does not participate in the next edition of the Champions League. Not even the fact that he could meet again with Erich Ten Hag helped convince him. This has caused a state of tension and tension in Barcelona, ​​which will have to find another solution to this problem. But it seems difficult for another team to pay so much for the 25-year-old midfielder, and few have shown an interest in the matter.

Although it has now been leaked that one of the European giants can offer Laporta, and take advantage of the Dutch international, that is, pay much less money than what Old Trafford offers.

Paris Saint-Germain comes to the rescue and puts 60 million euros for De Jong
The group in question who appears to be very interested in De Jong is, no more, no less, than PSG. Nasser Al-Khelaifi is still confident in his sexy qualities, but he will only be willing to put 60 kilograms on the table.

The newcomer to Barcelona, ​​​​Polish Robert Lewandowski, and the former Bayern Munich player, tried to erase from the memory of the Catalan fans the heavy defeat that the team received at the hands of its Bavarian counterpart.

Barcelona suffered a severe defeat at the hands of its German counterpart, Bayern Munich, with a score of “8-2”, in the quarter-finals of the European Champions League season 2019-2020.

And about that match, Lewandowski said: “This match has become a thing of the past, it is better for us not to look back, but we must look to the future and this must be our approach.”

He continued: “Currently, all I think about is helping Barcelona to achieve success, as I think about winning and scoring goals. I do not care about the match or who is the opponent we will face. There is great technical potential in this team and we have to focus throughout the season and make good use of it.”

He stressed, “The rest of the players in Barcelona are also thinking of the same goal. If you play in Barcelona, ​​you should always think about winning titles.”

He continued: “Good preparation for the new season is necessary to achieve our goal, and we are moving towards that goal step by step. This season will be better than the previous one.”

He continued: “All the players here in Barcelona are trying to help me adapt to the new situation and the new club as well.”

Lewandowski concluded his speech by praising his former coach, Pep Guardiola: “He changed my idea and my vision for football. It was easy for me to adapt to any system after Pep and it would be easy to adapt to what Xavi asked.”

Xavi Hernandez doesn’t want to leave anything to chance or any loose ends. He understands that to get the new players on his roster the club needs to get rid of some of the highest-paid players in the current squad.

Among those the club would like to see out is Frenkie de Jong, thanks to the strange salary increase Bartomeu imposed during his presidency. The Dutchman will receive roughly 30 million euros in total, an amount the club considers completely disproportionate, especially when the cap on his new salary scale is 20 million.

Faced with such a situation, AS has learned, Xavi Hernandez decided to take the initiative and speak this week with the midfielder to make his intentions clear.

First of all, Xavi confirmed that he counts on him, that he considers him a valid player in his project, that he can have a long way to go and not just play as a midfielder, and that his intention is to give him more time and a prominent position in other positions, such as, for example, Playing as a centre-back, having played the last two friendlies.

But Xavi also revealed to de Jong the harsh reality: If you want to be a part of this project, you have to make an effort. And that effort goes through cutting his current salary by about half. Only in this way can the Catalan coach ensure that he continues to play for Barcelona.

According to sources inside the locker room, Xavi and Frinke left the meeting satisfied, so everything indicates that the Dutchman has agreed to the condition to reduce his salary to facilitate the registration of new deals because at the moment Barcelona will not have the possibility of registering any new players because he needs to reduce the salary block to match With Financial Fair Play.

In fact, the club plans to activate a third lever in the coming weeks by selling a percentage of Barcelona’s studios, given the prediction that Frenkie will end up staying and the need for increased income to enable a larger wage margin.

The ball is now in the Dutchman’s court. If he wants to continue at Barcelona, ​​he will have to take a step forward, and if he does not finally agree to this condition, Xavi will have to do without him.

Source: AS

Barcelona club headed by Joan Laporta is looking forward to resorting to the alternative options that he had put in place if the Jules Conde deal from Seville failed, which has already happened and was announced by President Joan Laporta himself.

There is talk of a strong alternative to make up for the failure to sign Jules Conde, the Spanish international defender Pau Torres, of Villarreal, but it seems that another defender is on the table.

This defender is the star of Athletic Bilbao, the veteran Inigo Martinez, as the newspaper “Mundo Deportivo” close to the Catalan house indicated that Matteo Alemani has begun the steps to inquire about his inclusion.

Xavi Hernandez played against Inigo Martinez, and he is very impressed with him, and one of the most important factors for his adaptation is that he is experienced in the La Liga competition and will not find problems in adapting with the players.

There is a penalty clause in Inigo Martinez’s contract with the Basque club of 80 million euros, but the player who has one year left on his contract, Barcelona is considering including him at a lower value with negotiations with Bilbao.

Martinez is 31 years old and is very different from Jules Conde, 23, but he is sure to add more depth to Barcelona’s defense in need of reinforcement.

Martinez started his career at Real Sociedad in 2011 with the first team, before leaving for Bilbao in 2018, and from that day he played 158 matches, and 19 international matches with the Spain national team.

The Barcelona player faced boos whenever he touched the ball, this morning during the Catalan team’s friendly match against Real Madrid, so what is the reason behind the fans’ anger at the player?

Several press reports confirmed earlier, the deterioration of the relationship between Lionel Messi, the current Paris Saint-Germain player and former Barcelona, ​​and Pique, after the Argentine left the Camp Nou ranks.

Reports indicated that the reason for the deterioration of that relationship was due to Pique’s refusal to reduce his salary before Messi’s departure, which made him one of the reasons why Barcelona failed to drop the minimum wage, which led to the Catalan team’s failure to keep its Argentine star.

And the personal life of Pique has caught the attention of the fans in the recent period, as the Barcelona defender separated from his girlfriend, the famous Colombian singer Shakira.

Some reports suggested that the main reason behind the separation was Pique’s betrayal of Shakira, while other reports confirmed that the reason for the separation was due to Pique’s request for a sum of money from his girlfriend, in order to invest in one of his projects, but Shakira refused, which worsened the situation between the two parties.

It is worth noting that Barcelona managed to snatch a difficult victory from its counterpart Real Madrid, with a clean goal, as part of the friendly match that was held on American soil in the early hours of Sunday morning, corresponding to July 24.

With less than a month remaining until the new season gets underway, Barcelona are facing enormous pressure to offload their fringe players, which could go a long way in helping them register the new signings.

One of the players facing an uncertain future at the club is Oscar Mingueza. The defender is keen on leaving Camp Nou after being deemed surplus to the requirements by Xavi.

According to Mundo Deportivo, Mingueza has no shortage of suitors either, with the likes of AEK Athens, TSG Hoffenheim, Genoa and Celta Vigo interested in his services.

Genoa and Hoffenheim have recently withdrawn from the race, with the latter notably signing Ozan Kabak from Schalke. It has put AEK Athens and Celta in pole position to sign the Barcelona academy graduate.

The report suggests negotiations are progressing slowly between Barcelona and these two clubs. Neither of the teams has any problems reaching personal terms for Mingueza, but there are slight discrepancies over the transfer fee with Barça.

The Catalans are holding out for a relatively hefty price tag for Mingueza, as per their standards and the two clubs are hopeful the club will soon lower their valuation in order to sanction the sale of their academy prospect.

Mingueza himself is urging Barça to speed up the negotiations as he wants to continue his development by moving elsewhere.

The versatile defender has been notably omitted from Barça’s squad from the ongoing pre-season tour to the US. Although the 23-year-old has been allowed to train at Ciutat Esportiva, it is apparent the defender wants to seal his exit from Camp Nou as soon as possible.

A lot more could be revealed in the coming days as Barcelona look to fast-track the sale of their fringe players in an attempt to create more space within the camp and register the newer players.
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With the summer transfer window in progress, there are a host of players who are searching for new clubs after their contracts with their previous teams expired.

Two such footballers who are on the lookout for new deals are Barcelona legends Luis Suarez and Cesc Fabregas.

The striker and the midfielder have become free agents this summer and until their future is resolved, Barça have granted them permission to make use of the club’s training facilities at the Ciutat Esportiva complex, reports SPORT.

Suarez spent six successful years at Barcelona, after arriving from Liverpool in 2014. The Uruguayan forged a great partnership with Lionel Messi and led the team to great heights before being pushed out of the club in 2020.

The veteran striker joined Atletico Madrid and won the La Liga title in his debut season with the Rojiblancos. He had a largely subdued campaign last time out before he was let go of by Diego Simeone’s side as Suarez’s contract expired.

As for Fabregas, the iconic midfielder is a product of Barça’s La Masia but left the club at a very young to join Arsenal. After scaling great heights in England, he returned to Camp Nou in 2011 to spend three years at the club before departing for Chelsea.

Fabregas is a free agent now after his contract with AS Monaco expired. The 35-year-old spent over three years in France and is now on the hunt for a new club.

Suarez had been linked with Aston Villa, while Borussia Dortmund are also showing an interest. However, Nacional de Montevideo seem to have emerged as his strongest suitors this summer.

Meanwhile, Fabregas had been linked with a shock move to Italian second division side Como, but no progress has been made on that front.

Until their futures are sorted out, the Barcelona legends will continue training at the club’s facilities to stay fit and keep themselves in shape.
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