Rubén Neves approaches Barça: The Portuguese aims to be the substitute for Busquets

The FC Barcelona has like priority reinforce the centre of the field in summer to find him a reliable substitute to Sergio Busquets. The one of Sabadell will fulfil 34 years in July and needs a replacement for dosificar loads in the next season, a role for which Rúben Neves seems to win integers. The Portuguese luce like the most viable option thanks to the management of Jorge Mendes, his agent and interested in concretising the traspaso.

For Mendes, the summer of 2022 is the ideal moment to plant to his compatriot in a team 'top'. Conscious of the urgency of the Barça by fichar a '5', the famous agent luso expects to take advantage of the conditions of the market, since there are not too many options to 'good price' for players that fulfil the profile that looks for the club. In this sense, the alternatives to the player of the Wolverhampton are Martin Zubimendi and Aurélien Tchouaméni.

Zubimendi Is the preferred of Xavi Hernández, but the Real Sociedad will not leave him leave by less than 60 million euros, the value of his clause of rescission. In the case of the French, the price to the that aspires the Monaco is similar. Besides, clubs like the Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain are in 'career' by his signing, although the midfield player already descartó a first offer of the PSG alleging that it wants to go out of Tie it 1.

In this sense, the option of Neves could be more 'amicable' from the economic. The relations between the Barça and the Wolverhampton are good, further of not to concretise the barter between Pedro Trincao and Adama Traoré by the low performance of the forwards in his respective cessions. Thanks to Mendes, Neves could arrive to Catalonia by much less of the 110 million euros that aspires the English group.

The players that could unblock the 'operation Neves'

For abaratar his traspaso, the agent proposes to the directive blaugrana include one or two players in the negotiation by Rúben Neves, between them canteranos like Ez Abde, Alejandro Balde, Riqui Puig and Óscar Mingueza, all they in ramp of exit for the summer. Even it has filtered the possibility to do a barter by Nico González, whose renewal is still in will see. Of this way, the traspaso of the Portuguese would be a round operation for the club, as long as the 'Wolves' accept the terms that the Barça put on the table. In any case, the management of Mendes will be key to unblock the negotiation.