Transfer Highlights and Rumours Live!
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Transfer Highlights and Rumours Live!
Last updated by Sportsdunia Desk on
Barcelona defensive midfielder Marc Bernal has suffered a season-ending knee injury in the 2-1 comeback victory against Rayo Vallecan. The youngster who was impressive in the pre-season twisted his knee and will now undergo surgery on Wednesday, September 4.
He has been seen walking with crutches since last week and will be operated on by Dr. Joan Carles Monllau who performed the surgery on Gavi. Berna will now go under the blade and is expected to be out for the remainder of the campaign.
The road to recovery will take around 9-12 months and there’s a good reason to believe he would be ready for the start of the next campaign.
FC Barcelona sporting director Deco was reportedly seeking to part ways with the club after just over a year in the job with the Catalan giants. Barcelona experienced a disastrous summer transfer window as they struggled to sign players due to their ongoing financial issues.
But still, Deco managed to bring in Dani Olmo despite missing out on prime target Nico Williams this summer. It was reported that the former Brazil international is considering his exit from the club as the club’s financial troubles won’t help him build a squad for the future.
Barcelona have put out an official statement vehemently denying any such rumors reported by the SPORT.
“FC Barcelona categorically denies the news that appeared this September 1 in the digital version of ‘Diario Sport’ putting in doubt the continuity of our director of football.
In response to the piece titled “Deco, disappointed, meditating his future”, FC Barcelona states that it could not be happier with the job being done by Deco an refutes this attack by ‘Diario Sport’ on the director of football precisely at the end of the transfer window.”
As per journalist Christian Falk, Bayer Leverkusen has informed Jonathan Tah that he won’t be allowed to leave the club. The Germany international was on Barcelona and Bayern Munich’s radar.
Barca are looking to bolster their defense as Eric Garcia has been linked with an exit. Andreas Christensen has also suffered an injury. Bayern, meanwhile, parted ways with Matthijs de Ligt with the Dutchman heading to Manchester United.
Both teams courted Tah, who was pivotal for Leverkusen in their historic unbeaten league campaign last season. The reigning Bundesliga champions, though, have prohibited Tah from leaving. Falk reported on X (formerly Twitter):
“Breaking News: The Deal for a Transfer of Jonathan Tah (28) is off! Leverkusen told the player that he is not allowed to leave the club. FC Bayern and FC Barcelona are already informed.”
Jonathan Tah also played an important role for Germany during Euro 2024. He started four of the five games for Julian Nagelsmann’s team before the hosts crashed out of the quarter-finals. Tah missed the round of 16 game due to suspension. The 28-year-old is now set to stay at Leverkusen and help Xabi Alonso’s side as they look to defend the Bundesliga title. Tah has made 356 appearances for the club since joining in 2015.
Barcelona are reportedly exploring options to sign RB Leipzig defender Mohamed Simakan who has been a consistent performer in the Bundesliga and has featured 122 times for Leipzig since arriving from RC Strasbourg in July 2021.
RB Leipzig are holding out a €50 million transfer fee to part ways with the 24-year-old defender and has captured the attention of several high-profile clubs all across Europe. Barcelona are keen on signing a new centre-back before deadline day given Ronald Araujo and Andreas Christensen’s long-term injury woes.
However, Barcelona would surely not have the funds to sign the Frenchman on a permanent deal this summer.
The Catalan giants is reportedly in talks with Bayer Leverkusen centre-back Jonathan Tah who has entered the final year of his contract and has been one of the standout players in the Bundesliga in the last 12 months after winning the club’s maiden Bundesliga title.
He has become a consistent performer for Xabi Alonso but the German club are willing to part ways if any suitor matches their valuation of €30 million for the 28-year-old defender.
Barcelona are reportedly willing to offer €20 million to land the German defender before Friday’s deadline day.
The Catalan giants have missed out on Liverpool midfielder Stefan Bajcetic, who has reportedly agreed to join Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg on a season-long loan this summer.
Barcelona were on the lookout for a replacement for Marc Bernal who sustained a season-ending knee injury. They identified young Liverpool midfielder Bajcetic as a potential candidate to join the Barca roster on a season-long loan move.
But, RB Salzburg which is presently managed by former Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders have secured a move for the talented Spaniard. Bajcetic is expected to travel to Austria on Thursday to complete his move.
According to reports from ‘HardTackle‘, and ‘CaughtOffside‘, Premier League club Aston Villa is keeping close tabs on La Liga side FC Barcelona’s winger Raphinha. It is being termed that the Brazilian international could be heading for an exit from Barca in the ongoing window.
Aston Villa has been linked with a few other forward players recently with names like Tammy Abraham, and Dominic Calvert-Lewin also popping up amidst the discussions. However, as far as the Midlands-based club’s interest in Raphinha is concerned, nothing is advanced at this stage in time.
Raphinha obviously has earlier played in the Premier League with Leeds United and does hold a certain pedigree of the top-tier English football. It is where he actually made his name at the club level, before pursuing a move to Barcelona.
It remains to be seen, if Villa pushes for Barca’s star winger in the next couple of days.
Barcelona are reportedly considering a move Bayer Leverkusen defender Jonathan Tah who has one year remaining on his contract. He has been eyed as a replacement for Eric Garcia who has been linked with a permanent transfer to Girona this summer.
Tah’s contract with Leverkusen expires in the summer of 2025 and would likely cost around €20 million. With only a few days left in the summer window, Barcelona are evaluating its funds before making an official bid for the German centre-back.
His contract situation makes him an appealing target for many European clubs including Barcelona.
As per a recent report by ‘TEAMtalk‘, Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur are pushing to offload their left-back Sergio Reguilon before the transfer window shuts. The player reportedly isn’t in the plans of manager Ange Postecoglou. Big Ange has seemingly chosen Destiny Odogie as his go-through man for the left-back position.
Reguilon spent the first half of the last season on loan at Spurs league rivals Man United, while for the second half of the season, he was loaned to Brentford. The club’s hierarchy’s moves for the player clearly suggested that maybe Postecoglou just doesn’t fancy him under his style of heavy-metal football.
‘TEAMtalk’ has laid out that La Liga giants FC Barcelona are interested in Reguilon and keeping close tabs on him in the dying stages of the ongoing transfer window. However, the financial constraints that Barca has of its own, might prevent the club from getting any significant piece of business over the line in the next few days or so.
With Barca’s touted approach for the left-back on the brink of falling, a new potential suitor for Sergio Reguilon has emerged in the form of Turkish club Besiktas. Despite the links with Besiktas being fairly new for Tottenham’s Reguilon, ‘TEAMtalk’, coins that the reports in the Turkish media interpret that Besiktas do hold a keen interest in the Spurs’ left-back.
It remains to be seen how things pan out for Sergio Reguilon in the remainder of the transfer window.
Barcelona have finally managed to register Dani Olmo. They have sold Ilkay Gundogan to Manchester City and Mika Faye to Rennes, as well as loaned Vitor Roque to Real Betis and Clement Lenglet to Atletico Madrid to free up salary space for this to happen. However that wasn’t enough.
Barca have then used Andreas Christensen’s injury which is expected to be of 4+ months to make space for Olmo. The new £55 million signing can be expected to make his debut tomorrow against Rayo Vallecano.