Barcelona consider the signing of 25-year-old Premier League midfielder as ‘absolute priority’

Barcelona are treating Wolverhampton Wanderers’ midfielder Ruben Neves as an absolute priority, with a report from Spanish news outlet, SPORT, saying that the message has already been communicated with his agent Jorge Mendes.

Barça representatives had a meeting with Mendes last Tuesday in Barcelona where several market issues were brought up. One of them was Barcelona’s desire to sign Neves in the summer.

The Blaugrana want him to compete with Sergio Busquets next season. And for that, they are doing everything in their power to strike a deal with the Premier League side.

Barcelona’s idea to go for Neves is to double the position with a top-level footballer. In all fairness, that’s the approach they are going for every single position.

In any way, Neves’ profile has been shortlisted as the management believes he is that one positional player who could fit in like a duck takes to water. Furthermore, with Busquets not getting any younger, Neves can fill in that criteria too.

Despite having a proper plan on the paper, striking a deal with Wolves will be a difficult task, but Mendes has assured that he will look for suitable formulas wherein he can convince everyone what could be the best course of action.

As of today, however, reaching an agreement is still a distant dream, but Mendes’ interference is expected to turn things around.

For Wolves, they are completely aware of the situation and in order to tackle any last-minute hiccups, they have asked the super agent to broker a deal for Sporting Lisbon’s Joao Palhinha. Now, Barcelona did try to chip in a player as a makeweight for the deal, but that hasn’t really worked for the team.

Meanwhile, Barcelona also discussed the possibilities for Bernardo Silva and Rafael Leao, but Manchester City are unwilling to listen to any offers for the former while the latter will only be considered if Barcelona fail to sign Robert Lewandowksi.