Final stretch of the Blaugrana transfer market with four players - Aubameyang, Memphis, Dest and Braithwaite - on the starting ramp. One of the key players to unblock the exit operation that allows the incorporation of Marcos Alonso, Chelsea left-back, and Héctor Bellerín, Arsenal right-back, is Aubameyang. The striker is about to close his transfer to Chelsea for the next two seasons plus another optional one. The English club will pay some 14 million euros to Barça for the striker in an operation that includes the arrival at the Camp Nou of Marcos Alonso, left-back for the blue team, who will sign for the next three seasons, as club sources assured La Vanguard.
Aubameyang, who has been negotiating his move to London for weeks, saw his goal of joining Chelsea in jeopardy when he and his family were victims of a violent assault on Sunday night at his home in Castelldefels. The assault and his injury to the jaw that will keep him away from the pitch for 4 weeks altered the plans of the English entity, which rethought the formula of the operation.
Barça and Chelsea were talking throughout the day without ruling out how it has happened that the arrival of Marcos Alonso could enter the operation, with whom Tuchel does not count. Raúl Verdú, one of the intermediaries in the operation, was negotiating the conditions of his contract on Tuesday at Barça's sports city while the Gabonese's representative, Fali Ramadani, landed this Thursday morning to finish negotiating the sale of the Gabonese .
Another of the full-backs who will also arrive in Barcelona is Héctor Bellerín. The signing of him is gaining ground since fair play prevents incorporating Thomas Meunier from Borussia Dortumund. The player's entourage is convinced that Bellerín will join the club that he formed for him. He would arrive free after terminating his contract with Arsenal in another new market opportunity.
The Premier League could also have been Sergiño Dest's new league. The only right-back in the squad had the interest of Manchester United if Aaron Wan Bissaka left, who was in the orbit of West Ham. But finally his departure was not certified and Ten Hag, Reds coach, assured yesterday that the transfer market is closed for his club.
Barça also had a proposal on the table from Villarreal who, after Juan Foyth's injury, needs to strengthen his right-back. Milan entered the scene at the last minute for the American to leave on loan with a non-mandatory purchase option until the end of the course. Dest has traveled this morning to the Italian city and has already passed the medical check-up.
Another of the players that Xavi does not have is Martin Braithwaite. The Dane was surprised this morning by passing the medical check-up with Espanyol at the Corachán clinic. The operation will be official when Barcelona terminates the Dane's contract that runs until 2024. To end their relationship, the entity has negotiated a global figure that includes his fixed salary but saving variables and taxes.
The player who will stay at Barcelona despite the competition that Marcos Alonso's arrival entails is Jordi Alba. The captain, a substitute in the last two league games, yesterday received an offer to leave on loan to Inter Milan, Barça's rival in the Champions League, as Jijantes announced and was able to confirm this newspaper. Finally, Alba himself has ruled out leaving.
