Waiting period for Julián Álvarez and Bardghji is seriously injured

BarcelonaA decisive week begins for the composition of the Barça 2026/2027 squad. Many open folders on the desk of the Barcelona sporting director, Anderson Luis de Souza, Deco. Among all of them, two stand out in the form of arrivals, Rodri Hernández and Julián Álvarez. If the signing of the Madrid midfielder, made in a lightning move by Real Madrid, is awaiting an agreement with Manchester City, which understands the player's desire to leave, the operation to recruit the Atlético de Madrid forward is much greener (not to say almost impossible). Barça has already verbally agreed the terms of a five-season contract with Julián, but has repeatedly encountered the mattress club's refusal to sell him. "We will not accept 100, nor 150, nor 200 million for him," sentenced the club's CEO, Miguel Ángel Gil, a few weeks ago.

Despite this firm stance, even reinforced by Atlético's complaint against Barça for alleged interference in an ongoing contract, the Albiceleste forward still believes he can force his departure with a sincere conversation with Diego Pablo Simeone, his coach. The meeting has not taken place, nor will it, at least until this Wednesday, the date on which both will meet again at the training grounds after the expedition has returned from a pre-season stay in South Korea. What has become known through official channels is that Julián has already undergone his medical examination this Monday morning with Álex Baena and Marcos Llorente, two World Cup players who, like him, have already exhausted their holidays.

The Argentine, who has a contract until 2030 and a release clause of 500 million, explicitly requested "a transfer" in the mixed zone of a World Cup match to "fulfill a dream." He didn't speak directly in Barça's terms, but he was understood. For their part, the Barcelona entity made an offer of 100 million at the beginning of the summer that was rejected, as was another proposal from Real Madrid for 150 million. The Barça president, Joan Laporta, has declared several times that this proposal has a determined validity, but for now it remains an open negotiation channel because Julián is the chosen footballer to replace Robert Lewandowski in the forward line of Hansi Flick's team. The mattress entity continues to not want to deal with Barça, while Jijantes revealed a new meeting between the footballer's agents and the Catalan club.

Besides the saga to incorporate the Argentine striker, Barça is awaiting some more operations. The loan of Ronald Araujo is now official, who will go on loan to Liverpool and will completely free up one of the most important slots on the salary scale. On the other hand, the sale of Jofre Torrents to Ajax is expected to be finalized this Tuesday in exchange for an approximate amount of 5 million euros and Barça will reserve a buy-back option of 15 million euros. At least, this is the agreement that the Barça entity has finalized.

First offer for Ferran Torres

More waiting will be needed for the agreement with City for Rodri to crystallize after an initial rejected proposal of 45 million fixed plus variables; the English asked for between 70 and 80 to Real Madrid. The best player of the World Cup-winning Spain decided a few days ago to stop dreaming in white to dream in blue and red. The ideal scenario would be to be able to count on him in Barcelona on Wednesday, when the last internationals will return: those who won the World Cup like Rodri. But the reality is that, although the signing "will happen" as they state at ARA from both clubs, negotiations with City continue. In fact, the discourse from the Manchester club, in the words of coach Enzo Maresca, is that he is expected on Friday, when he is called to training.

For his part, Ferran Torres, who should rejoin training this Wednesday, wants to move to Paris Saint-Germain. Deco is asking for a minimum of 50 million euros fixed, but the Franco-Qatari club, which knows that the Valencian's contract ends next summer, does not want to reach it for now: the blaugrana team rejected a first offer of 40 million fixed this Monday which, with variables, approached 50. The operation will end up happening because Ferran has it tied up with PSG and because Barça has to sell him this summer to raise funds.

Serious injury to Roony Bardghji

Another exit that was in the oven was Roony Bardghji's. The club decided to rule him out of Saturday's friendly in Udine for fear of injury, and in training this Monday he has torn the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee, as ARA has been able to confirm. Pending a statement, the injury will require surgery and will cause the loan or transfer plans for the Swede to go up in smoke. It is the second time Bardghji has suffered this injury to the same knee.

Other exits that need to be unlocked are those of Marc Casadó and Héctor Fort. Finally, Barça is also very much awaiting the definitive return of João Cancelo from Saudi club Al-Hilal, which is precisely one of those who have Casadó on their radar. The Portuguese could cost between 10 and 15 million. The club has considered the operation done for weeks.