Barcelona president confirms two new summer signings: “A midfielder and a defender”

Barcelona have been working ahead in time to sign several players to reinforce their team for the next season. The primary goal is to bring in free agents who can add depth to the squad and diversity the age group.

With several news reports floating around, it is hard to point out which players are closer to joining than others.

Thankfully, Joan Laporta, in an interview with RAC1, as relayed by SPORT, has revealed that Barcelona have already completed the signing of two players.

“We have completed two signings for next season already: one is a midfielder, the other is a centre-back. But I’m not allowed to mention their names,” he said.

The defender is almost certainly expected to be Chelsea’s Andreas Christensen, who has been strongly linked with an exit since last year. While the midfielder is Franck Kessie, who has already been given the ‘here we go’ from Fabrizio Romano.

Barcelona were in a tussle with Bayern Munich for Christensen’s signature, and had reached verbal confirmation earlier this month. As for Kessie, an attractive salary package of around €6.5 million helped push the deal through.

Both players are expected to be announced at the end of the season, with more signings, as confirmed by Laporta himself, on the way.