Barcelona contract rebel agrees personal terms with Premier League giants – report

With less than a week left for the transfer window to close, Ilaix Moriba seems to be edging closer and closer to securing an exit from Barcelona.

Moriba’s fledgeling career at Barcelona has surely been a turbulent ride. From the highs of scoring his first goal and celebrating alongside Lionel Messi to now being shunned from the first team and staring at an exit, the 18-year-old has endured quite the rise and fall.

After having refused to sign an extension offered by the club due to his wage demands not being met, the 18-year-old midfielder has been exiled from the first-team at Camp Nou and is currently training with the Juvenil team.

Reports earlier this week indicated that Moriba’s agents were set to present Barcelona with an offer of around €17 million from Chelsea. And, there seems to have been further development on the front, as per journalist Adrian Sanchez.

The Spanish journo is now claiming that Moriba has come to an agreement in principle over personal terms with Chelsea. So, the only thing that now stands in the way of the 18-year-old becoming a Blues’ player is Barcelona.

A gem from La Masia, seeing Moriba leave will not be easy for the Catalan giants. However, considering his stance on the contract offered and the fact that they could lose him for nothing a year down the line could force them into accepting the offer, more so considering their own financial situation.

There is not much time left in the transfer window. And with Barcelona also trying to offload Miralem Pjanic, the potential exit of Moriba could lead them to scour the market for a late midfield reinforcement.

As things stand, Moriba is edging closer towards a move to Chelsea. Whether the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League winners are able to strike an agreement with Barcelona over a transfer fee remains to be seen.