Barcelona reach advanced agreement with Spanish forward

Just days after the signing of Ferran Torres from Manchester City, Barcelona could be closing in on the capture of another Spanish forward in the January transfer window.

Indeed, according to Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona are well on their way to signing Alvaro Morata from Juventus, with talks over an agreement in advanced stages.

The 29-year-old striker is currently on loan at Juventus from Atletico Madrid, having signed for the Bianconeri in 2020. However, his form has been up and down over the past eighteen months and the Italian giants are ready to part ways with him.

Meanwhile, Atleti, too, have no place for him on their roster and would be open to letting him join their direct rivals, despite earlier reports claiming that Diego Simeone would oppose such a move.

The report states that all three clubs are close to coming to an arrangement, while personal terms between Morata and Barcelona have also been sewn up. The only thing standing in the way of the deal going through is the Catalans’ wage bill.

As Xavi and Mateu Alemany have already confirmed, the Blaugrana are unable to register Torres until they make room on the salary bill by clearing out some players from the roster.

Dani Alves can be added to the squad thanks to the retirement of Sergio Aguero but efforts need to be made to accommodate Torres on the books, while the same applies for any other new signings that the club make this month.

Yusuf Demir is already on his way out, while Luuk de Jong is also likely to be offloaded in the coming days. The Catalans will also try and offload out-of-favour players such as Samuel Umtiti, Philippe Coutinho and potentially Ousmane Dembele after he rejected a new contract.

So, as things stand, all things are in place for Morata to move to Camp Nou. But Barcelona will first need to move some players on in order to add the striker on the books while not breaching La Liga’s Financial Fair Play rules.