The economic situation of Barcelona is not the best and sales are being considered for the next season. Names like Ansu Fati and Ferrán Torres are emerging to change shirts. Aston Villa was one of the interested parties in starting negotiations to complete this management, but the latest news details that there is an agreement with the English team not to touch any player from the squad.
Mateu Alemany will be the sports director of Aston Villa in the next season, but he still continues to hold this position in Barcelona. For this reason, according to information from Sport, he has made an agreement with the blue and red president Joan Laporta not to touch any element of the squad and leave negotiations with other clubs to Xavi Hernández's decision.
Alemany will become the new sports director of Aston Villa, a team in the Premier League, and the option of both entities sitting down to negotiate the departure of Ferran Torres, who Barcelona has put on the transfer list, had been contemplated.
The Spanish winger has no minutes in the team and arrived in Spain after his stint at Manchester City. Precisely because of his time at the 'citizens', he is well-regarded in England. Aston Villa was close to paying 40 million euros to have him among their ranks. However, it all remained a supposition.
Another player who was on Aston Villa's radar was Ansu Fati, a player whom Alemany does not seem to bet too much on. The young footballer has also been sought after by Wolverhampton, so he could land with the 'Wolves' thanks to the efforts of his agent Jorge Mendes. Of course, he does not want to leave Barcelona.
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