The Catalan newspaper “Mundo Deportivo” revealed that FC Barcelona has priority in deals before the start of the winter transfer market during the month of January 2024.
Barcelona had strengthened its ranks with many deals during the Mercato last summer, namely Ilkay Gundogan, Inigo Martinez, Oriol Romeu, Joao Felix and Joao Cancelo. According to the report, Barcelona is in a dire economic situation, but it needs a new striker, especially after the injury of Robert Lewandowski against Porto in the Champions League. Europe
The priority at the present time is to settle the joining of the striker, Vitor Roque, from the Brazilian club Atletico Paranaense, but the club needs to have 40 million euros.
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Vitor Roque
The new sporting director, Deco, is expected to travel to the Brazilian in the coming days to tell the player that Barcelona hopes to sign him in January and not wait until the summer.
In order for Barcelona to make this deal, it must pay 30 million euros to the Brazilian club, but in order to register it on its list in the Spanish League, it must have a net 10 million euros in its records.
Barcelona aims to obtain an amount worth 40 million euros from the company “Libero”, which specializes in financing deals for major European clubs.
It is worth noting that Rocky is currently also injured and will be out of action for approximately 3 months, and therefore, he will be available at the end of December.
