RB Leipzig are planning in case Barcelona goal Dani Olmo leaves the membership this summer time, reported to have recognized Lyon’s Rayan Cherki alternative for the Euro 2024 winner.
Barca have already met disappointment through the switch window, with premier goal Nico Williams in line to stick with present membership Athletic Membership. However Olmo can also be needed again in his native Catalonia – the authentic plan was to maneuver on to him after wrapping up a Williams deal.
Olmo’s launch clause has expired, though Leipzig are nonetheless making ready themselves for a future with out him. Sky Sport Germany write that Cherki is a “prime goal” for the Bundesliga facet to interchange Olmo. The 20-year-old Frenchman, set to contest the Olympic gold medal match on Friday, may value between €15m and €20m from Lyon and talks are described as “ongoing”.
Leipzig are mentioned to even have eyes on PSV Eindhoven’s Johan Bakayoko and Porto’s Francisco Conceicao if Olmo goes, as they weigh up a number of choices.
Even with no energetic launch clause, Olmo remains to be being valued at round €60m if Barcelona can put collectively the mandatory monetary bundle. As reported by 90min in July, a verbal supply was made earlier than the discharge clause expired that proposed a cost construction for the same quantity.
An settlement over private phrases is reported to have already been struck with Olmo’s camp.
The 26-year-old has been with Leipzig since January 2020. He beforehand spent seven years with Barcelona at youth stage, however then took the weird step of transferring his profession to Croatia on the age of 16. Olmo signed with Dinamo Zagreb, made his senior debut lower than a yr later and was a daily first-team participant getting Champions League soccer earlier than he was 21.
Barcelona are but to make any new signings to date this summer time, with the one additions to final season’s squad coming within the form of mortgage returns.
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