Barcelona have not signed any Spanish player, contrary to reports

Yesterday, the infamous Josep Pedrol, on El Chiringuito TV, claimed that Barcelona had completed the signing of a Spanish footballer, but he was not allowed to disclose the name. He claimed that he would, however, reveal the player today.

Contrary to his statement, though, Moises Llorens has claimed that Barcelona have not signed anyone yet. In fact, they will need to make room in the wage bill to accomodate Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessie – two players rumoured to have signed for the club already.

The interesting part about Pedrol’s statement was that Barça have not been strongly linked with any Spanish player except for Cesar Azpilicueta, whose contract situation is still quite unknown.

The Chelsea captain has an automatic one-year contract extension in his contract, which has been triggered according to several reports. Barcelona still want to pursue his signing, and are hoping the London outfit’s new rivals will be much more accomodating.

The Blaugranes have been strongly linked to Robert Lewandowski in the recent past, but his signing is difficult due to a number of reasons.

Not only does he want a long-term contract – which at the age of 33 seems less than reasonable -, but also because Bayern Munich are not willing to let him leave this summer. For a measly price tag, anyway.

In fact, Barça seem to have lost their third ‘signing’ in the form of Noussair Mazraoui. The Moroccan was on his way to Catalonia, according to multiple reports, but Bayern’s last-minute offer seems to have tempted him to make a hard right towards Munich.

Either way, it is expected that the Spanish player’s name will be disclosed tonight by Pedrol. And consequently, there will be more reports in the coming days about the same.