BARCELONA – Barcelona and Tottenham accelerated talks on Monday for the transfer of Emerson Royal to the English club, the first proposal close to 20 million euros with the possible inclusion of Serge Aurier was not considered at the Camp Nou. Sources from the Barça entity admitted to ESPN Esports the negotiations, pending in any case the same player, reluctant to leave Barça.
The Brazilian winger, who debuted as a starter on Sunday against Getafe under Ronald Koeman, joined Barcelona on a contract until 2024, with Betis reserving 20 percent of what he could receive. the azulgrana club of a future transfer. Emerson has maintained since his arrival his conviction to remain at the Camp Nou, coming out in the wake of speculation that existed regarding the fact that Barcelona had only signed him to make money. And, moreover, receiving the implicit support of the coach in this regard, who claimed to have full confidence in him.
The delicate economic situation of Barça would change the situation of the footballer, who would have ceased to be indisputable in the squad, taking into account the presence of both Sergiño Dest and Sergi Roberto, who in recent seasons also acted as a winger. right, so that the club would not close the door to a sale in case of receiving a very good proposal, that the club did not deny that this Monday was more than 25 million euros fixed and up to a total of 30 million with variables.
The possibility of making money, when the club carries a debt of more than 1,350 million euros, is very well seen in the offices of Camp Nou … Although the main drawback is explained by the initial refusal of the footballer himself , the representatives would try to convince Tottenham with a higher salary proposal than the one he signed with Barça.
EMERGENCY WITH Pjanic
Emerson’s case is not the only one in which Barcelona executives work. Entering the last two days of the market, the urgency to agree on the departure of Miralem Pjanic is a reality, with Juventus always in the forefront.
The Barça club did not deny that Juve were awaiting an agreement between Barça and the player to take charge of part of their salary, which Italian media estimated at 500,000 euros, if they admitted that the intention was still concretize his departure immediately, as Koeman had already openly told him that he did not have him and the player himself, unlike Samuel Umtiti, was willing to leave the club returning to Italy.
ILAIX, LEIPZIG ROAD
Pending the plan to sentence these movements of Emerson and Pjanic, while solving the continuity of Umtiti and practically Net and Braithwaite, the closest case to solve is that of Ilaix Moriba, the youngster for whom Barça won a principle in agreement with Leipzig, pending with the documents of the operation.
Barça will receive around 15 million euros fixed for the midfielder closing a case that was ignited in early June, when the player’s representatives, in agreement with his father, rejected the renewal proposal, causing the club separated him from the full, preventing him from training with the first team and ending up degrading him to the youth team.
The cases that will not be able to close as Koeman wanted are those of Riqui Puig and Àlex Collado. Both rejected the possibility of leaving the club as desired by the coach, despite the clear signs shown by him.
The midfielder, who has not enjoyed a single minute despite being called up in the first three games, maintains his intention to remain in the squad, in which he has a number, while the striker, who came to negotiate his transfer with the Bruges that finally did not take place, has decided to stay at the club but has no first team record.