Chiesa, Barça’s option in case Leao fails but if it is at a low cost

He FC Barcelona wants to sign a top winger in what remains of the market and is going to try to do so Rafael Leao25-year-old forward of the AC MilanHowever, since the operation is neither simple nor cheap, the sports area has a folder with more affordable players and also of good level. One of them is Frederick Church (26 years old), winger of the Juventus to whom Thiago Motta He doesn’t want to, something that he even verbalized in the first place and then made official by leaving him out at the premiere of the Serie A.

In it Barça They have been monitoring his case for months because a very relevant detail is known: his contract ends in 2025 and he does not want to renew with the Juventus. For this reason, the Italian club has put him on the market in a radical way, since they prefer to get something for him this year rather than see him leave for free next year. The condition would be that he would cost 10 to 15 million maximum since he is one year away from being a free agent. Since he is not in the group of ‘top’ level signings for the club, Barça (Nico Williams, Luis Diaz, Rafa Leao), his option has not been activated but is on the table. If necessary, there are still days ahead to move that negotiation forward, although not that many.

The fact is that the Barça will try to squeeze before Lionas MD explained, having in the chamber a Church who is considered to be well from his well-known knee injury but who no longer wishes to Juve for a purely economic reason. His current salary is not outside of what is usually charged in the Barçawould even be more modest. In November 2022, Church He returned 297 days after an injury to the cruciate ligament of his left knee and, although it was not easy, his level was ‘in crescendo’. Before, the Euro 2020 It was his peak, in a season with 61 games, 17 goals and 11 assists. In total, Church He has played 131 games with the ‘Old Lady‘, with a balance of 32 goals and 19 assists. In the Serie Acounting its beginning in the Fiorentinahas 47 goals and 43 assists in 235 games. Last season, 2023-24, was his second in terms of scoring performance since his arrival in Turin, with 10 goals.

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Chiesa’s agent is Ramadan fastwho has already worked with Barça on operations such as those of Miralem Pjanic, Franck Kessié, Pierre Aubameyang, Clément Lenglet y Marcos Alonsosome of them with the current board. The Juve I would rather see Church at Barça than in Serie A against a direct rival; it is obvious.

In addition to Churchin this group of ‘market opportunities’ there are other extremes such as Kingsley Coman (28 years old), from Bayern, who has also been put in the spotlight by his club because, after the injuries of the 2023-24 season, his current coach, Vincent Kompanyconsiders it dispensable. The advantage of Coman is that the current coach of Barça, Hansi Flickhad him at his command in the Bayern of the sextet.