Article by Darius Stanescu – published on Thursday, May 29, 2025, 10:28 / Updated Thursday, May 29, 2025 10:31
Barcelona He has clearly established his priorities for the mercato period this summer. Luis Diaz (28), the striker of Liverpooland Joan Garcia (24 years old), the goalkeeper Espanyolare the main targets of the Catalans for the strengthening of the Blaugrana team.
After a season in which Barcelona conquered Tripla in Spain, La Liga, Copa del Rey and Super Cupa Spain, but missed the access to the Champions League final, the Catalans want to bring two players with quality to the positions where they suffered in the competitive year that has just ended.
Luis Diaz and Joan Garcia, Barcelona's main mercato targets
Barcelona's decisions are the result of an internal analysis on the team's weaknesses: the large number of goals received (especially in the Champions League) and the lack of constant danger on the left flank. Joan Garcia should help reduce the goals scored, while Luis Diaz would bring the extra creativity and verticality on the left, where Ansu Fati did not return to the top shape, according to mundodeportivo.com.
Luis Diaz is considered the ideal solution to bring more explosion and imbalance to opponents on the left flank, where Barcelona does not have an extreme authentic left to offer width and depth, given that Raphinha plays more and more in the center, and Balde does not have the same offensive impact as a Yamal lamina.
However, the move of Diaz to Catalonia is difficult to achieve because of the high price required by Liverpool, somewhere between 70 and 80 million euros. The Colombian player has 2 years of contract with “cormorants” and has no intention to extend it as long as the Barcelona variant remains standing. His annual salary at Liverpool, which is not very high, of 3 million pounds a year, is still a reason to leave for the Colombian from the Premier League.
In addition, the Anfield band needs money to cover Florian Wirtz's transfer from Bayer Leverkusen, which could cost more than 100 million.
Deco, the sports director of Barcelona, considers Diaz the number 1 priority at this time, due to the physical profile, the capacity of effort and the versatility (he can also play as a central striker, which is very important for the Blaugrana team, considering Lewandowski's age), according to the quoted source.
Diaz's alternative could be Marcus Rashford, but he did not convince as much because of the lack of discipline and oscillations.
Joan Garcia, Espanyol's goalkeeper, is seen as a very good solution for the Catalans gate, due to the accessible termination clause (25 million euros) and its potential.
Barcelona has already offered a five -year contract, with the promise to help them to fight for the trophies in Spain, to play in the Champions League and to become the Debaza goalkeeper of the Spanish national.
Although there was pressure from Espanyol fans not to accept the transfer to the local rival, Garcia did not exclude this option and is to analyze all the offers with his agent.
If Garcia accepts, Barcelona will immediately activate the termination clause.
In parallel, the club also monitors other variants for the goalkeeper, including Bart Verbruggen (Brighton) and Lucas Chevalier (Lille), but Joan Garcia remains the first option.
85,000,000 eurosIt is Luis Diaz's market share, according to Transfermarkt.
20,000,000 eurosIt is the market share of Joan Garcia, according to Transfermarkt.
