Will he wear 'blaugrana' shirt? A Barça goal for the right-back would've already defined his future

Although the priority of the FC Barcelona transfer market is the arrival of a left winger, the Spotify Camp Nou offices have not stopped studying alternatives to reinforce other positions of the team led by Hansi Flick. One of the targeted areas is the right side, where the return of Joao Cancelo, currently in the ranks of Manchester City, would be the main objective of the Barça entity.

The Portuguese and the 'skyblue' institution intend to separate their paths this summer, but his departure has encountered various obstacles since the beginning of the summer. Added to the Mancunian team's high aspirations is Barça's desire to complete their return to Barcelona through a simple loan, without a mandatory purchase option, a situation that has 'run aground' in the negotiations between both clubs.

For this reason, the Catalan entity analyzed several alternatives for the right side of the defense in case Cancelo's option became unviable, and Jeremie Frimpong was one of the ones that both the sports management and the culé coach liked the most. The Dutchman completed a great season at Bayer Leverkusen, where he established himself as one of the key pieces in Xabi Alonso's scheme, playing a fundamental role in achieving the Aspirin League-Cup double.

After a historic season in which the team won both titles undefeated, everything indicated that the right-back would change scene this summer in search of new challenges. With a termination clause of 40 million euros, Frimpong was presented as one of the 'sweeties' on the market and, in addition to Barça, clubs such as Real Madrid, Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal and Bayern Munich had him on their agenda. and they were preparing to 'compete' with the culés for the signing of the one from Amsterdam.

The footballer's final decision

However, the player would have already made a decision regarding his next destination. According to journalist Florian Plettenberg, Jeremie would like to continue under the orders of Xabi Alonso at the BayArena, in principle, for one more season. Although the interest of the aforementioned teams is still latent and things could change between now and the closing of the market, the truth is that there are no negotiations with any of them and the aspirins are increasingly confident in the Dutchman's stay for the 2024/25 season.

Barça, pending Cancelo

Meanwhile, at Can Barça they are still waiting for what may happen with Joao Cancelo and conversations with Manchester City are ongoing. The Portuguese has adopted an inflexible stance and does not intend to join any other squad other than the one led by Flick, while the Catalans have him as a priority for the right-back. However, the 'citizens' continue without giving up their claims and have 'stalled' the negotiations, although they seem to be condemned to reach an agreement with the Catalans if they want to get rid of a footballer determined to wear the Barça shirt.