€40 million-rated Barcelona target’s entourage asks club to ramp up negotiations

Earlier this week, Barcelona held a meeting with the entourage of key transfer target Vitor Roque. Indeed, the 18-year-old Athletico Paranaense striker’s father Juvenal Ferreira and agent Ehler Pessoa were spotted at the club’s Ciutat Esportiva complex. It is believed that they had a meeting with Barcelona directors Mateu Alemany and Jordi Cruyff.

Now, Mundo Deportivo has gotten its hand on some key details of the discussions that were held on Monday between the club and Roque’s camp.

At this point, it is well-established that Barcelona hold a strong interest in signing the teenage striker in the summer. And they confirmed the same to Roque’s father and agent during the meeting, while also informing them about the club’s Financial Fair Play situation.

Meanwhile, Roque’s father affirmed the striker’s intentions to sign for Barcelona despite having proposals from elite clubs such as Arsenal, Chelsea, PSG, AC Milan, and Inter.

To that end, the 18-year-old’s camp asked the Blaugrana to ramp up negotiations with Athletico Paranaense by sending executives to Brazil to hold talks with the club’s president Mario Celso Petraglia.

Roque’s father and agent want Barcelona to find a formula to make the operation go through in the summer despite their financial issues. They further believe that the Athletico Paranaense president would be willing to make accommodations to their requests in order to help fulfil the young striker’s dream of playing for Barça.

Roque is currently valued at around €40 million, and as per the report, his entourage believe that Petraglia would be willing to agree to deferred payments for the striker, although the cost could become slightly higher in that scenario.

Hence, Roque’s camp wants Barcelona to send a representative to Curitiba to take over the operation and ramp up negotiations with Athletico Paranaense so that a resolution can be reached swiftly.

Player valuation in title obtained from transfermarkt.com on date of publication.