Last Thursday night, Joan Laporta, modern-day Barcelona president, had a assembly with Chelsea's new owner, Todd Boehly. Mateu Alemany and Jordi Cruyff, individuals of the Barcelona board of directors, had been additionally gift.
Several names have been put on the desk. However, the main topic of verbal exchange became the state of affairs of Frenkie de Jong, who's desired by means of Manchester United and now also seemed at the Blues' radar.
Chelsea board contributors expressed their interest inside the midfielder and admitted that they're willing to make an monetary attempt to sign him. Barça spoke back that they would don't have any trouble in negotiating for him.
However, as mentioned through 'Sport', the Catalan club have made it clear that they may not talk to De Jong to persuade him to go away for Chelsea: it will be the London membership who may have to talk to the player to persuade him to go away Xavi's squad.
The former Ajax midfielder expressed inside the closing hours that he does no longer need to leave in this switch market and Barcelona will not force his departure. That is why the English club will ought to present a powerful provide on the way to signal him.
Finally, in any other subject matter of communication, the crew from Barcelona asked for Marcos Alonso and Cesar Azpilicueta, but they do now not need these transfers to be part of the De Jong deal. The truth is that Barça and Chelsea had a primary assembly and the whole thing appears to suggest that there could be greater meetings at some stage in this marketplace.
