FC Barcelona and Valencia, in the straight final by Jeremy Mathieu

After closing the signings of Ter Stegen, Rakitic and Claudio Bravo, the Barça already works in the next incorporation. The aim of the sportive direction is the French of Valencia Jérémy Mathieu, that would arrive to reinforce the position of head office, after the exit of Carles Puyol. The Barça and Valencia already are in the straight final of the negotiations. Mathieu has a clause of rescission of 20 million euros, but the traspaso could close by a figure around the 12 millions.

Mathieu, that will fulfil 31 years in October, is a defence that can play so much of central as of left side. It arrived to Valencia in the summer of 2009 to cost zero pertinent of the Toulouse and in the club ché has consolidated until the point that today it is the captain. Since Ernesto Valverde situated him of left-handed head office, the international French plays preferably in this demarcation.

Since Puyol announced on 4 March that withdrew of the professional football, the FC Barcelona initiated the research of a central of guarantees for this summer making a wide list of candidates, of which has gone lining the names of some of them like David Luiz or Mats Hummels. Now, it could line also in the next days to Marquinhos and already would have followed suit with Eliaquim Mangala because of the 45 million euros that asks the Port wine by his traspaso. In this context, again the Barça could conform with a medianía to reinforce the feeblest part of the staff, as long as it finish oficializando the signing of Mathieu.

The central French has renewed recently until 2017 with Valencia, but the call of the FC Barcelona has forced him even to speak with the cúpula managerial "ché" so that they leave him leave to the Barcelona group. From the offices of the Camp Nou trust still in being able to recess the price of the defender valencianista, that to his almost 31 years could be living the opportunity of his career futbolística.

Jeremy Mathieu gathered this past Monday with Rufete to try mediate in the negotiations between Valencia and FC Barcelona, conscious that the club "ché" did not wish to recess his clause of rescission of 20 million euros. The player and the sportive director quoted in the Hotel Husa of But Camarena, where Mathieu would have formalised his wish to abandon the team to put course to a new adventure futbolística in the Barça.