Barcelona receive €20 million offer transfer-listed midfielder – Romero

Barcelona have received a formal offer worth €20 million from Saudi side Al Ahli for midfielder Franck Kessie and journalist Gerard Romero claims that the Blaugrana are currently studying and evaluating the option.

It is believed that while Barcelona value Kessie as an important squad player, they would not stand in his way if there is a substantial offer. In the last few hours, Al Ahli have decided to go for the former AC Milan man and this move can solve several issues for Barcelona.

It was said that they are ready to offer Kessie a contract that doubles his current salary.

To put things in perspective, they have proposed a deal worth €10 million for the player, although he would like to get a better offer in order to be convinced to leave Europe.

Now, considering his stature in the season that just ended, it is said that Xavi has already informed the player about the increase in competition. The team has roped in Ilkay Gundogan from Manchester City while a certain Marcelo Brozovic is in talks as well. 

This way, Kessie will only go down the pecking order and his chances of featuring regularly will only decrease.

For what it is worth, even Brozovic has an offer from Saudi Arabia but the Croatia international is willing to give Barcelona some time to come up with an official proposal. If everything goes well, Brozovic will ditch the offer from the Middle East and move to Barcelona instead.

As far as Barcelona are concerned, they intend to get at least €30 million from Kessie’s sale and this will be a good deal, especially since they got him for free last year.

Meanwhile, it must also be remembered that Kessie’s name has also popped up in Barcelona’s talks with Inter regarding Brozovic’s deal. The player, however, has no interest in moving back to Italy.